What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Black Acres?
Black Acres is ranked #19 of 40 eligible neighborhoods in Gainesville; #373 of 1,145 eligible neighborhoods in FL; and #7,105 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Black Acres
Gainesville, FL | Alachua County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
51.5
Stability and Strength
51.9
Value Opportunity
62.5
Momentum
35.4
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Gainesville, FL |
| County | Alachua County |
| National rank | #7,105 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #373 of 1,145 |
| City rank | #19 of 40 |
| County rank | #19 of 40 |
| National percentile | 52.6 |
| National band | MIDDLE_50_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $417,526 |
| Year-over-year home value change | -0.4% |
| Month-over-month home value change | -0.21% |
| Home value to income ratio | 4.50 |
| Median household income | $92,734 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 84.7% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 16.4% |
| Homeownership rate | 47.2% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 0.0% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 79.2% |
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 Black Acres
Is Black Acres one of the best neighborhoods in Gainesville?
Black Acres has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 51.5 and a city ranking of #19 of 40 eligible neighborhoods in Gainesville.
How much are homes worth in Black Acres?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Black Acres is approximately $417,526.
Are home values rising or falling in Black Acres?
Zillow neighborhood values changed -0.4% year over year and -0.21% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Black Acres?
Black Acres has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 35.4. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Black Acres?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $92,734.
How affordable is Black Acres relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 4.50. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Black Acres primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 47.2%.
What is the unemployment rate in Black Acres?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 16.4%.
How educated are residents of Black Acres?
Approximately 84.7% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Black Acres face high rent burden?
Approximately 79.2% 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 Black Acres?
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 applications7
Estimated originations4
Home-purchase applications4
Origination rate58.2%
Home-purchase share55.5%
Average application loan$306,364
Total application loan amount$2,060,811
National application rank#13,286 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 18.3% YoY; originations 20.8% 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.