What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Forest Hills North?
Forest Hills North is ranked #14 of 77 eligible neighborhoods in Columbia; #15 of 160 eligible neighborhoods in SC; and #890 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Forest Hills North
Columbia, SC | Richland County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
72.8
Stability and Strength
66.0
Value Opportunity
72.1
Momentum
84.8
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Columbia, SC |
| County | Richland County |
| National rank | #890 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #15 of 160 |
| City rank | #14 of 77 |
| County rank | #14 of 77 |
| National percentile | 94.1 |
| National band | TOP_10_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $298,194 |
| Year-over-year home value change | 4.1% |
| Month-over-month home value change | 0.79% |
| Home value to income ratio | 3.36 |
| Median household income | $88,643 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 65.7% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 1.9% |
| Homeownership rate | 88.6% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 11.2% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 63.8% |
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 Forest Hills North
Is Forest Hills North one of the best neighborhoods in Columbia?
Forest Hills North has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 72.8 and a city ranking of #14 of 77 eligible neighborhoods in Columbia.
How much are homes worth in Forest Hills North?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Forest Hills North is approximately $298,194.
Are home values rising or falling in Forest Hills North?
Zillow neighborhood values changed 4.1% year over year and 0.79% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Forest Hills North?
Forest Hills North has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 84.8. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Forest Hills North?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $88,643.
How affordable is Forest Hills North relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 3.36. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Forest Hills North primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 88.6%.
What is the unemployment rate in Forest Hills North?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 1.9%.
How educated are residents of Forest Hills North?
Approximately 65.7% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Forest Hills North face high rent burden?
Approximately 63.8% 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 Forest Hills North?
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 applications14
Estimated originations9
Home-purchase applications7
Origination rate61.5%
Home-purchase share53.3%
Average application loan$147,158
Total application loan amount$2,065,954
National application rank#11,675 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 18.2% YoY; originations 31.8% 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.