What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Garden Hills?
Garden Hills is ranked #150 of 160 eligible neighborhoods in Mesa; #676 of 746 eligible neighborhoods in AZ; and #13,280 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Garden Hills
Mesa, AZ | Maricopa County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
31.2
Stability and Strength
33.7
Value Opportunity
37.4
Momentum
18.4
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Mesa, AZ |
| County | Maricopa County |
| National rank | #13,280 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #676 of 746 |
| City rank | #150 of 160 |
| County rank | #526 of 546 |
| National percentile | 11.3 |
| National band | LOWER_25_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $396,186 |
| Year-over-year home value change | -2.6% |
| Month-over-month home value change | -0.31% |
| Home value to income ratio | 5.73 |
| Median household income | $69,158 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 31.7% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 11.7% |
| Homeownership rate | 66.5% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 8.0% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 99.5% |
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 Garden Hills
Is Garden Hills one of the best neighborhoods in Mesa?
Garden Hills has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 31.2 and a city ranking of #150 of 160 eligible neighborhoods in Mesa.
How much are homes worth in Garden Hills?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Garden Hills is approximately $396,186.
Are home values rising or falling in Garden Hills?
Zillow neighborhood values changed -2.6% year over year and -0.31% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Garden Hills?
Garden Hills has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 18.4. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Garden Hills?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $69,158.
How affordable is Garden Hills relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 5.73. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Garden Hills primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 66.5%.
What is the unemployment rate in Garden Hills?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 11.7%.
How educated are residents of Garden Hills?
Approximately 31.7% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Garden Hills face high rent burden?
Approximately 99.5% 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 Garden Hills?
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 applications11
Estimated originations6
Home-purchase applications4
Origination rate55.8%
Home-purchase share35.9%
Average application loan$216,602
Total application loan amount$2,381,879
National application rank#12,299 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 14.7% YoY; originations 16.0% 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.