What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Holly Avenue?
Holly Avenue is ranked #115 of 185 eligible neighborhoods in Winston-Salem; #346 of 535 eligible neighborhoods in NC; and #10,071 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Holly Avenue
Winston-Salem, NC | Forsyth County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
42.9
Stability and Strength
56.1
Value Opportunity
55.0
Momentum
4.9
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Winston-Salem, NC |
| County | Forsyth County |
| National rank | #10,071 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #346 of 535 |
| City rank | #115 of 185 |
| County rank | #119 of 189 |
| National percentile | 32.7 |
| National band | MIDDLE_50_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $380,514 |
| Year-over-year home value change | -6.0% |
| Month-over-month home value change | -0.72% |
| Home value to income ratio | 5.42 |
| Median household income | $70,232 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 72.2% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 1.2% |
| Homeownership rate | 26.3% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 18.5% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 39.3% |
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 Holly Avenue
Is Holly Avenue one of the best neighborhoods in Winston-Salem?
Holly Avenue has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 42.9 and a city ranking of #115 of 185 eligible neighborhoods in Winston-Salem.
How much are homes worth in Holly Avenue?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Holly Avenue is approximately $380,514.
Are home values rising or falling in Holly Avenue?
Zillow neighborhood values changed -6.0% year over year and -0.72% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Holly Avenue?
Holly Avenue has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 4.9. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Holly Avenue?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $70,232.
How affordable is Holly Avenue relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 5.42. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Holly Avenue primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 26.3%.
What is the unemployment rate in Holly Avenue?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 1.2%.
How educated are residents of Holly Avenue?
Approximately 72.2% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Holly Avenue face high rent burden?
Approximately 39.3% 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 Holly Avenue?
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 applications5
Estimated originations4
Home-purchase applications3
Origination rate78.3%
Home-purchase share52.5%
Average application loan$259,506
Total application loan amount$1,350,578
National application rank#13,712 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications -27.1% YoY; originations -16.5% 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.