What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Midtown Brandywine?
Midtown Brandywine is ranked #17 of 35 eligible neighborhoods in Wilmington; #17 of 35 eligible neighborhoods in DE; and #9,924 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Midtown Brandywine
Wilmington, DE | New Castle County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
43.4
Stability and Strength
26.4
Value Opportunity
31.9
Momentum
86.7
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Wilmington, DE |
| County | New Castle County |
| National rank | #9,924 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #17 of 35 |
| City rank | #17 of 35 |
| County rank | #17 of 35 |
| National percentile | 33.7 |
| National band | MIDDLE_50_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $348,069 |
| Year-over-year home value change | 7.2% |
| Month-over-month home value change | 0.27% |
| Home value to income ratio | 6.08 |
| Median household income | $57,219 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 41.2% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 15.4% |
| Homeownership rate | 29.0% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 14.8% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 55.6% |
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 Midtown Brandywine
Is Midtown Brandywine one of the best neighborhoods in Wilmington?
Midtown Brandywine has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 43.4 and a city ranking of #17 of 35 eligible neighborhoods in Wilmington.
How much are homes worth in Midtown Brandywine?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Midtown Brandywine is approximately $348,069.
Are home values rising or falling in Midtown Brandywine?
Zillow neighborhood values changed 7.2% year over year and 0.27% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Midtown Brandywine?
Midtown Brandywine has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 86.7. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Midtown Brandywine?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $57,219.
How affordable is Midtown Brandywine relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 6.08. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Midtown Brandywine primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 29.0%.
What is the unemployment rate in Midtown Brandywine?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 15.4%.
How educated are residents of Midtown Brandywine?
Approximately 41.2% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Midtown Brandywine face high rent burden?
Approximately 55.6% 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 Midtown Brandywine?
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 applications23
Estimated originations14
Home-purchase applications11
Origination rate59.4%
Home-purchase share46.9%
Average application loan$416,255
Total application loan amount$9,518,739
National application rank#10,198 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 9.1% YoY; originations 13.2% 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.