What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Bluff Heights?
Bluff Heights is ranked #26 of 43 eligible neighborhoods in Long Beach; #956 of 1,814 eligible neighborhoods in CA; and #8,087 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Bluff Heights
Long Beach, CA | Los Angeles County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
48.7
Stability and Strength
51.9
Value Opportunity
41.7
Momentum
53.5
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Long Beach, CA |
| County | Los Angeles County |
| National rank | #8,087 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #956 of 1,814 |
| City rank | #26 of 43 |
| County rank | #161 of 321 |
| National percentile | 46.0 |
| National band | MIDDLE_50_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $1,102,584 |
| Year-over-year home value change | 2.4% |
| Month-over-month home value change | -0.27% |
| Home value to income ratio | 10.55 |
| Median household income | $104,483 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 61.8% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 8.5% |
| Homeownership rate | 27.1% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 4.7% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 47.6% |
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 Bluff Heights
Is Bluff Heights one of the best neighborhoods in Long Beach?
Bluff Heights has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 48.7 and a city ranking of #26 of 43 eligible neighborhoods in Long Beach.
How much are homes worth in Bluff Heights?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Bluff Heights is approximately $1,102,584.
Are home values rising or falling in Bluff Heights?
Zillow neighborhood values changed 2.4% year over year and -0.27% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Bluff Heights?
Bluff Heights has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 53.5. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Bluff Heights?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $104,483.
How affordable is Bluff Heights relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 10.55. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Bluff Heights primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 27.1%.
What is the unemployment rate in Bluff Heights?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 8.5%.
How educated are residents of Bluff Heights?
Approximately 61.8% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Bluff Heights face high rent burden?
Approximately 47.6% 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 Bluff Heights?
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 applications48
Estimated originations29
Home-purchase applications21
Origination rate59.5%
Home-purchase share42.9%
Average application loan$552,261
Total application loan amount$26,674,115
National application rank#7,372 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 27.8% YoY; originations 21.2% 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.