Neighborhood Profile

Porters Community

Gainesville, FL | Alachua County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
27.2
National rank: #13,914 of 14,967
Stability and Strength
34.2
Score
Value Opportunity
37.2
Score
Momentum
1.8
Score
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
ContextValue
LocationGainesville, FL
CountyAlachua County
National rank#13,914 of 14,967
State rank#1,029 of 1,145
City rank#39 of 40
County rank#39 of 40
National percentile7.0
National bandLOWER_25_PERCENT
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Housing and local fundamentals

Housing and market metricsValue
Current Zillow home value$183,761
Year-over-year home value change-7.6%
Month-over-month home value change-1.84%
Home value to income ratio7.44
Median household income$24,690
Bachelor's degree or higher38.9%
Civilian unemployment rate0.3%
Homeownership rate17.3%
Housing vacancy rate9.3%
Rent burden 30% or higher92.7%

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 Porters Community

What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Porters Community?

Porters Community is ranked #39 of 40 eligible neighborhoods in Gainesville; #1,029 of 1,145 eligible neighborhoods in FL; and #13,914 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.

Is Porters Community one of the best neighborhoods in Gainesville?

Porters Community has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 27.2 and a city ranking of #39 of 40 eligible neighborhoods in Gainesville.

How much are homes worth in Porters Community?

The current Zillow Home Value Index for Porters Community is approximately $183,761.

Are home values rising or falling in Porters Community?

Zillow neighborhood values changed -7.6% year over year and -1.84% month over month.

What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Porters Community?

Porters Community has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 1.8. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.

What is the median household income in Porters Community?

The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $24,690.

How affordable is Porters Community relative to household income?

The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 7.44. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.

Is Porters Community primarily homeowners or renters?

The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 17.3%.

What is the unemployment rate in Porters Community?

The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 0.3%.

How educated are residents of Porters Community?

Approximately 38.9% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.

What share of renters in Porters Community face high rent burden?

Approximately 92.7% 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 Porters Community?

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 applications9
Estimated originations6
Home-purchase applications8
Origination rate67.3%
Home-purchase share84.1%
Average application loan$222,678
Total application loan amount$2,060,817
National application rank#12,696 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications -7.5% YoY; originations 11.1% 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.