What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Thunder Mountain?
Thunder Mountain is ranked #64 of 160 eligible neighborhoods in Mesa; #340 of 746 eligible neighborhoods in AZ; and #5,894 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Thunder Mountain
Mesa, AZ | Maricopa County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
54.6
Stability and Strength
74.5
Value Opportunity
56.4
Momentum
20.3
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 | #5,894 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #340 of 746 |
| City rank | #64 of 160 |
| County rank | #312 of 546 |
| National percentile | 60.6 |
| National band | MIDDLE_50_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $1,148,131 |
| Year-over-year home value change | -2.4% |
| Month-over-month home value change | -0.27% |
| Home value to income ratio | 6.08 |
| Median household income | $188,750 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 49.2% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 3.1% |
| Homeownership rate | 100.0% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 16.6% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | Not available |
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 Thunder Mountain
Is Thunder Mountain one of the best neighborhoods in Mesa?
Thunder Mountain has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 54.6 and a city ranking of #64 of 160 eligible neighborhoods in Mesa.
How much are homes worth in Thunder Mountain?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Thunder Mountain is approximately $1,148,131.
Are home values rising or falling in Thunder Mountain?
Zillow neighborhood values changed -2.4% year over year and -0.27% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Thunder Mountain?
Thunder Mountain has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 20.3. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Thunder Mountain?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $188,750.
How affordable is Thunder Mountain relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 6.08. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Thunder Mountain primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 100.0%.
What is the unemployment rate in Thunder Mountain?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 3.1%.
How educated are residents of Thunder Mountain?
Approximately 49.2% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Thunder Mountain face high rent burden?
Approximately Not available 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 Thunder Mountain?
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 applications5
Estimated originations3
Home-purchase applications2
Origination rate53.5%
Home-purchase share46.5%
Average application loan$728,662
Total application loan amount$3,404,915
National application rank#13,841 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications -11.2% YoY; originations -28.3% 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.