| Context | Value |
|---|
| Location | Fort Worth, TX |
| County | Tarrant County |
| National rank | #11,116 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #907 of 1,241 |
| City rank | #157 of 203 |
| County rank | #166 of 215 |
| National percentile | 25.7 |
| National band | MIDDLE_50_PERCENT |
Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $245,453 |
| Year-over-year home value change | -3.9% |
| Month-over-month home value change | 0.06% |
| Home value to income ratio | 3.55 |
| Median household income | $69,201 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 28.3% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 4.9% |
| Homeownership rate | 35.6% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 13.0% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 49.9% |
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 Sunset Heights South
What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Sunset Heights South?
Sunset Heights South is ranked #157 of 203 eligible neighborhoods in Fort Worth; #907 of 1,241 eligible neighborhoods in TX; and #11,116 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Is Sunset Heights South one of the best neighborhoods in Fort Worth?
Sunset Heights South has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 39.7 and a city ranking of #157 of 203 eligible neighborhoods in Fort Worth.
How much are homes worth in Sunset Heights South?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Sunset Heights South is approximately $245,453.
Are home values rising or falling in Sunset Heights South?
Zillow neighborhood values changed -3.9% year over year and 0.06% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Sunset Heights South?
Sunset Heights South has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 22.9. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Sunset Heights South?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $69,201.
How affordable is Sunset Heights South relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 3.55. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Sunset Heights South primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 35.6%.
What is the unemployment rate in Sunset Heights South?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 4.9%.
How educated are residents of Sunset Heights South?
Approximately 28.3% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Sunset Heights South face high rent burden?
Approximately 49.9% 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 Sunset Heights South?
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
FULL_OR_NEAR_FULL
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 applications17
Estimated originations9
Home-purchase applications11
Origination rate54.9%
Home-purchase share62.6%
Average application loan$309,275
Total application loan amount$5,235,947
National application rank#11,136 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications -15.5% YoY; originations -20.4% 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.
Texas Current Housing Market
Current housing market in Sunset Heights South
A current-market snapshot based on active sale listings observed in the certified National Data System Texas housing refresh.
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Active listings observed
$245,000
Median asking price
$200.60
Median asking price / sq. ft.
111.0
Median days on market
1,493 sq. ft.
Median home size
Observed asking-price range: $240,000 to $299,500
Newest listing observed: 2026-09-15 19:00:00-05:00
How this current-market geography is determined
Coverage basis: Exact Zillow neighborhood polygon matches.
3 exact polygon matches. Exact Zillow polygon membership and supplemental Census Block Group association remain separate in the governed data. Supplemental associations are not represented as exact Zillow polygon membership.
Current listing observations are separate from BestNeighborhoodsUSA rankings and do not change neighborhood scores, ranks, historical Zillow trends, Census measures, or HMDA mortgage intelligence.