| Context | Value |
|---|
| Location | Kernersville, NC |
| County | Forsyth County |
| National rank | #5,356 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #190 of 535 |
| City rank | Not available |
| County rank | #59 of 189 |
| National percentile | 64.2 |
| National band | MIDDLE_50_PERCENT |
Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $345,807 |
| Year-over-year home value change | 3.1% |
| Month-over-month home value change | -0.41% |
| Home value to income ratio | 3.50 |
| Median household income | $98,677 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 30.1% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 8.9% |
| Homeownership rate | 81.8% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 0.2% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 74.3% |
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 Sedge Brook Hills
What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Sedge Brook Hills?
Sedge Brook Hills is ranked No published Kernersville rank is currently available; #190 of 535 eligible neighborhoods in NC; and #5,356 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Is Sedge Brook Hills one of the best neighborhoods in Kernersville?
Sedge Brook Hills has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 56.1 and a city ranking of No published Kernersville rank is currently available.
How much are homes worth in Sedge Brook Hills?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Sedge Brook Hills is approximately $345,807.
Are home values rising or falling in Sedge Brook Hills?
Zillow neighborhood values changed 3.1% year over year and -0.41% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Sedge Brook Hills?
Sedge Brook Hills has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 55.9. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Sedge Brook Hills?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $98,677.
How affordable is Sedge Brook Hills relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 3.50. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Sedge Brook Hills primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 81.8%.
What is the unemployment rate in Sedge Brook Hills?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 8.9%.
How educated are residents of Sedge Brook Hills?
Approximately 30.1% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Sedge Brook Hills face high rent burden?
Approximately 74.3% 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 Sedge Brook Hills?
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 applications16
Estimated originations10
Home-purchase applications7
Origination rate64.5%
Home-purchase share44.2%
Average application loan$251,632
Total application loan amount$4,029,901
National application rank#11,295 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 11.8% YoY; originations 9.4% 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.