What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Valencia?
Valencia is ranked No published Santa Clarita rank is currently available; #882 of 1,814 eligible neighborhoods in CA; and #7,607 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Valencia
Santa Clarita, CA | Los Angeles County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
50.0
Stability and Strength
60.6
Value Opportunity
52.6
Momentum
29.4
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Santa Clarita, CA |
| County | Los Angeles County |
| National rank | #7,607 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #882 of 1,814 |
| City rank | Not available |
| County rank | #149 of 321 |
| National percentile | 49.2 |
| National band | MIDDLE_50_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $888,202 |
| Year-over-year home value change | -1.1% |
| Month-over-month home value change | -0.24% |
| Home value to income ratio | 6.76 |
| Median household income | $131,466 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 50.4% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 6.6% |
| Homeownership rate | 66.3% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 3.4% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 60.0% |
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 Valencia
Is Valencia one of the best neighborhoods in Santa Clarita?
Valencia has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 50.0 and a city ranking of No published Santa Clarita rank is currently available.
How much are homes worth in Valencia?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Valencia is approximately $888,202.
Are home values rising or falling in Valencia?
Zillow neighborhood values changed -1.1% year over year and -0.24% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Valencia?
Valencia has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 29.4. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Valencia?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $131,466.
How affordable is Valencia relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 6.76. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Valencia primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 66.3%.
What is the unemployment rate in Valencia?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 6.6%.
How educated are residents of Valencia?
Approximately 50.4% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Valencia face high rent burden?
Approximately 60.0% 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 Valencia?
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 applications1,646
Estimated originations975
Home-purchase applications741
Origination rate59.3%
Home-purchase share45.0%
Average application loan$418,517
Total application loan amount$688,921,451
National application rank#68 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage98.9%
Recent trend: Applications 30.2% YoY; originations 24.7% 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.