What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Boats?
Boats is ranked #2 of 10 eligible neighborhoods in Foster City; #298 of 1,814 eligible neighborhoods in CA; and #3,228 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Boats
Foster City, CA | San Mateo County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
62.5
Stability and Strength
73.7
Value Opportunity
55.1
Momentum
55.0
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Foster City, CA |
| County | San Mateo County |
| National rank | #3,228 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #298 of 1,814 |
| City rank | #2 of 10 |
| County rank | #26 of 82 |
| National percentile | 78.4 |
| National band | TOP_25_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $2,052,642 |
| Year-over-year home value change | 0.5% |
| Month-over-month home value change | 0.23% |
| Home value to income ratio | 11.18 |
| Median household income | $183,591 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 73.9% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 3.2% |
| Homeownership rate | 44.0% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 4.3% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 42.0% |
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 Boats
Is Boats one of the best neighborhoods in Foster City?
Boats has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 62.5 and a city ranking of #2 of 10 eligible neighborhoods in Foster City.
How much are homes worth in Boats?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Boats is approximately $2,052,642.
Are home values rising or falling in Boats?
Zillow neighborhood values changed 0.5% year over year and 0.23% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Boats?
Boats has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 55.0. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Boats?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $183,591.
How affordable is Boats relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 11.18. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Boats primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 44.0%.
What is the unemployment rate in Boats?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 3.2%.
How educated are residents of Boats?
Approximately 73.9% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Boats face high rent burden?
Approximately 42.0% 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 Boats?
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 applications45
Estimated originations28
Home-purchase applications27
Origination rate60.9%
Home-purchase share60.4%
Average application loan$2,712,993
Total application loan amount$123,287,710
National application rank#7,641 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 12.6% YoY; originations -5.1% 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.