Neighborhood Profile

Constellations and Stars

Foster City, CA | San Mateo County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
53.0
National rank: #6,508 of 14,967
Stability and Strength
61.0
Score
Value Opportunity
40.1
Score
Momentum
58.3
Score
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
ContextValue
LocationFoster City, CA
CountySan Mateo County
National rank#6,508 of 14,967
State rank#726 of 1,814
City rank#9 of 10
County rank#60 of 82
National percentile56.5
National bandMIDDLE_50_PERCENT
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Housing and local fundamentals

Housing and market metricsValue
Current Zillow home value$1,900,171
Year-over-year home value change1.9%
Month-over-month home value change0.01%
Home value to income ratio27.11
Median household income$70,085
Bachelor's degree or higher73.2%
Civilian unemployment rate4.5%
Homeownership rate55.9%
Housing vacancy rate0.6%
Rent burden 30% or higher45.1%

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 Constellations and Stars

What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Constellations and Stars?

Constellations and Stars is ranked #9 of 10 eligible neighborhoods in Foster City; #726 of 1,814 eligible neighborhoods in CA; and #6,508 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.

Is Constellations and Stars one of the best neighborhoods in Foster City?

Constellations and Stars has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 53.0 and a city ranking of #9 of 10 eligible neighborhoods in Foster City.

How much are homes worth in Constellations and Stars?

The current Zillow Home Value Index for Constellations and Stars is approximately $1,900,171.

Are home values rising or falling in Constellations and Stars?

Zillow neighborhood values changed 1.9% year over year and 0.01% month over month.

What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Constellations and Stars?

Constellations and Stars has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 58.3. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.

What is the median household income in Constellations and Stars?

The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $70,085.

How affordable is Constellations and Stars relative to household income?

The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 27.11. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.

Is Constellations and Stars primarily homeowners or renters?

The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 55.9%.

What is the unemployment rate in Constellations and Stars?

The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 4.5%.

How educated are residents of Constellations and Stars?

Approximately 73.2% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.

What share of renters in Constellations and Stars face high rent burden?

Approximately 45.1% 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 Constellations and Stars?

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 applications58
Estimated originations33
Home-purchase applications27
Origination rate58.0%
Home-purchase share47.1%
Average application loan$831,336
Total application loan amount$47,983,319
National application rank#6,664 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications -9.8% YoY; originations -18.4% 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.