What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Bess Estates?
Bess Estates is ranked #109 of 442 eligible neighborhoods in Nashville; #142 of 571 eligible neighborhoods in TN; and #4,721 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Bess Estates
Nashville, TN | Davidson County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
57.9
Stability and Strength
55.1
Value Opportunity
59.6
Momentum
59.8
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Nashville, TN |
| County | Davidson County |
| National rank | #4,721 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #142 of 571 |
| City rank | #109 of 442 |
| County rank | #109 of 442 |
| National percentile | 68.5 |
| National band | MIDDLE_50_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $330,231 |
| Year-over-year home value change | 1.6% |
| Month-over-month home value change | 0.13% |
| Home value to income ratio | 4.40 |
| Median household income | $75,042 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 15.8% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 1.5% |
| Homeownership rate | 82.2% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 0.0% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 71.8% |
How to read this profile
- Ranks are always shown with denominators.
- Momentum reflects both year-over-year and month-over-month housing change.
- Stability and Strength and Value Opportunity are governed composite scores.
- Identity composition is descriptive intelligence and is not a scoring component.
Questions and Answers
Questions About Living in Bess Estates
Is Bess Estates one of the best neighborhoods in Nashville?
Bess Estates has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 57.9 and a city ranking of #109 of 442 eligible neighborhoods in Nashville.
How much are homes worth in Bess Estates?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Bess Estates is approximately $330,231.
Are home values rising or falling in Bess Estates?
Zillow neighborhood values changed 1.6% year over year and 0.13% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Bess Estates?
Bess Estates has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 59.8. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Bess Estates?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $75,042.
How affordable is Bess Estates relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 4.40. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Bess Estates primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 82.2%.
What is the unemployment rate in Bess Estates?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 1.5%.
How educated are residents of Bess Estates?
Approximately 15.8% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Bess Estates face high rent burden?
Approximately 71.8% of the applicable renter-household universe is estimated to spend 30% or more of household income on gross rent.
How does Best Neighborhoods USA score Bess Estates?
The overall index combines 40% Stability and Strength, 35% Value Opportunity, and 25% Momentum. Race, ethnicity, and identity composition are not scoring components.
Governed ranking context
How this neighborhood ranks
HMDA Mortgage Intelligence
Neighborhood Mortgage Market
Modeled neighborhood-level mortgage activity allocated from governed HMDA tract data using Zillow neighborhood geometry. These neighborhood values are nonadditive and do not enter the Best Neighborhoods USA Index.
Activity year2024
Estimated applications3
Estimated originations2
Home-purchase applications1
Origination rate54.8%
Home-purchase share38.8%
Average application loan$672,370
Total application loan amount$1,947,364
National application rank#14,327 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications -35.3% YoY; originations -27.6% YoY
Mortgage methodology
HMDA is natively reported at tract and other lender-reporting geographies, not Zillow neighborhood or ZIP geography. This module uses the certified NDS HMDA-to-Zillow tract-vintage crosswalk and area-weighted allocation. Rankings require governed geometry coverage. Applicant demographics are excluded. Neighborhood values may overlap and must not be summed to reconstruct ZIP or national totals.