Neighborhood Profile

Northside-Hester Park

Saint Cloud, MN | Stearns County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
41.0
National rank: #10,734 of 14,967
Stability and Strength
42.0
Score
Value Opportunity
48.9
Score
Momentum
28.2
Score
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
ContextValue
LocationSaint Cloud, MN
CountyStearns County
National rank#10,734 of 14,967
State rank#249 of 275
City rank#7 of 10
County rank#5 of 8
National percentile28.3
National bandMIDDLE_50_PERCENT
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Housing and local fundamentals

Housing and market metricsValue
Current Zillow home value$236,377
Year-over-year home value change-1.1%
Month-over-month home value change-0.32%
Home value to income ratio4.45
Median household income$53,170
Bachelor's degree or higher43.3%
Civilian unemployment rate4.5%
Homeownership rate45.2%
Housing vacancy rate10.6%
Rent burden 30% or higher43.5%

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 Northside-Hester Park

What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Northside-Hester Park?

Northside-Hester Park is ranked #7 of 10 eligible neighborhoods in Saint Cloud; #249 of 275 eligible neighborhoods in MN; and #10,734 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.

Is Northside-Hester Park one of the best neighborhoods in Saint Cloud?

Northside-Hester Park has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 41.0 and a city ranking of #7 of 10 eligible neighborhoods in Saint Cloud.

How much are homes worth in Northside-Hester Park?

The current Zillow Home Value Index for Northside-Hester Park is approximately $236,377.

Are home values rising or falling in Northside-Hester Park?

Zillow neighborhood values changed -1.1% year over year and -0.32% month over month.

What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Northside-Hester Park?

Northside-Hester Park has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 28.2. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.

What is the median household income in Northside-Hester Park?

The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $53,170.

How affordable is Northside-Hester Park relative to household income?

The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 4.45. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.

Is Northside-Hester Park primarily homeowners or renters?

The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 45.2%.

What is the unemployment rate in Northside-Hester Park?

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

How educated are residents of Northside-Hester Park?

Approximately 43.3% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.

What share of renters in Northside-Hester Park face high rent burden?

Approximately 43.5% 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 Northside-Hester Park?

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 applications49
Estimated originations35
Home-purchase applications31
Origination rate70.5%
Home-purchase share63.0%
Average application loan$143,247
Total application loan amount$7,026,191
National application rank#7,302 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 11.4% YoY; originations -3.5% 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.