What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Imperial Estates?
Imperial Estates is ranked #8 of 43 eligible neighborhoods in Long Beach; #196 of 1,814 eligible neighborhoods in CA; and #2,407 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Imperial Estates
Long Beach, CA | Los Angeles County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
65.3
Stability and Strength
68.2
Value Opportunity
55.4
Momentum
74.6
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 | #2,407 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #196 of 1,814 |
| City rank | #8 of 43 |
| County rank | #33 of 321 |
| National percentile | 83.9 |
| National band | TOP_25_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $920,576 |
| Year-over-year home value change | 4.3% |
| Month-over-month home value change | 0.11% |
| Home value to income ratio | 6.59 |
| Median household income | $139,730 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 49.7% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 6.4% |
| Homeownership rate | 91.4% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 0.1% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 58.5% |
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 Imperial Estates
Is Imperial Estates one of the best neighborhoods in Long Beach?
Imperial Estates has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 65.3 and a city ranking of #8 of 43 eligible neighborhoods in Long Beach.
How much are homes worth in Imperial Estates?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Imperial Estates is approximately $920,576.
Are home values rising or falling in Imperial Estates?
Zillow neighborhood values changed 4.3% year over year and 0.11% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Imperial Estates?
Imperial Estates has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 74.6. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Imperial Estates?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $139,730.
How affordable is Imperial Estates relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 6.59. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Imperial Estates primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 91.4%.
What is the unemployment rate in Imperial Estates?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 6.4%.
How educated are residents of Imperial Estates?
Approximately 49.7% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Imperial Estates face high rent burden?
Approximately 58.5% 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 Imperial 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 applications56
Estimated originations33
Home-purchase applications14
Origination rate59.0%
Home-purchase share25.9%
Average application loan$401,240
Total application loan amount$22,275,764
National application rank#6,822 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 21.7% YoY; originations 13.1% 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.