Neighborhood Profile

Central Menlo Park

Menlo Park, CA | San Mateo County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
60.0
National rank: #4,039 of 14,967
Stability and Strength
61.2
Score
Value Opportunity
31.2
Score
Momentum
98.5
Score
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
ContextValue
LocationMenlo Park, CA
CountySan Mateo County
National rank#4,039 of 14,967
State rank#407 of 1,814
City rank#8 of 15
County rank#39 of 82
National percentile73.0
National bandMIDDLE_50_PERCENT
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Housing and local fundamentals

Housing and market metricsValue
Current Zillow home value$6,039,287
Year-over-year home value change12.7%
Month-over-month home value change1.17%
Home value to income ratio93,332.22
Median household income$65
Bachelor's degree or higher89.7%
Civilian unemployment rate2.2%
Homeownership rate84.4%
Housing vacancy rate7.7%
Rent burden 30% or higher30.9%

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 Central Menlo Park

What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Central Menlo Park?

Central Menlo Park is ranked #8 of 15 eligible neighborhoods in Menlo Park; #407 of 1,814 eligible neighborhoods in CA; and #4,039 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.

Is Central Menlo Park one of the best neighborhoods in Menlo Park?

Central Menlo Park has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 60.0 and a city ranking of #8 of 15 eligible neighborhoods in Menlo Park.

How much are homes worth in Central Menlo Park?

The current Zillow Home Value Index for Central Menlo Park is approximately $6,039,287.

Are home values rising or falling in Central Menlo Park?

Zillow neighborhood values changed 12.7% year over year and 1.17% month over month.

What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Central Menlo Park?

Central Menlo Park has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 98.5. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.

What is the median household income in Central Menlo Park?

The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $65.

How affordable is Central Menlo Park relative to household income?

The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 93,332.22. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.

Is Central Menlo Park primarily homeowners or renters?

The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 84.4%.

What is the unemployment rate in Central Menlo Park?

The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 2.2%.

How educated are residents of Central Menlo Park?

Approximately 89.7% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.

What share of renters in Central Menlo Park face high rent burden?

Approximately 30.9% 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 Central Menlo Park?

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 applications101
Estimated originations67
Home-purchase applications44
Origination rate66.4%
Home-purchase share43.3%
Average application loan$2,167,215
Total application loan amount$218,359,280
National application rank#4,324 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 35.0% YoY; originations 35.1% 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.