What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for West Waco?
West Waco is ranked No published Woodway rank is currently available; #692 of 1,241 eligible neighborhoods in TX; and #8,541 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
West Waco
Woodway, TX | McLennan County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
47.5
Stability and Strength
51.0
Value Opportunity
58.7
Momentum
26.3
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Woodway, TX |
| County | McLennan County |
| National rank | #8,541 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #692 of 1,241 |
| City rank | Not available |
| County rank | #5 of 23 |
| National percentile | 43.0 |
| National band | MIDDLE_50_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $342,512 |
| Year-over-year home value change | -2.3% |
| Month-over-month home value change | -0.07% |
| Home value to income ratio | 4.50 |
| Median household income | $76,158 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 42.0% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 3.8% |
| Homeownership rate | 45.5% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 3.4% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 55.4% |
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 West Waco
Is West Waco one of the best neighborhoods in Woodway?
West Waco has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 47.5 and a city ranking of No published Woodway rank is currently available.
How much are homes worth in West Waco?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for West Waco is approximately $342,512.
Are home values rising or falling in West Waco?
Zillow neighborhood values changed -2.3% year over year and -0.07% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for West Waco?
West Waco has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 26.3. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in West Waco?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $76,158.
How affordable is West Waco 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 West Waco primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 45.5%.
What is the unemployment rate in West Waco?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 3.8%.
How educated are residents of West Waco?
Approximately 42.0% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in West Waco face high rent burden?
Approximately 55.4% 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 West Waco?
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 applications113
Estimated originations76
Home-purchase applications71
Origination rate66.6%
Home-purchase share62.7%
Average application loan$294,591
Total application loan amount$33,401,385
National application rank#3,870 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications -20.4% YoY; originations -20.5% 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.
Texas Current Housing Market
Current housing market in West Waco
A current-market snapshot based on active sale listings observed in the certified National Data System Texas housing refresh.
190
Active listings observed
$311,205
Median asking price
$184.56
Median asking price / sq. ft.
70.5
Median days on market
1,916 sq. ft.
Median home size
Observed asking-price range: $59,900 to $4,250,000
Newest listing observed: 2026-09-18 19:00:00-05:00
How this current-market geography is determined
Coverage basis: Exact neighborhood matches plus strong Census Block Group associations.
66 exact polygon matches; 124 strong supplemental associations. Exact Zillow polygon membership and supplemental Census Block Group association remain separate in the governed data. Supplemental associations are not represented as exact Zillow polygon membership.
Current listing observations are separate from BestNeighborhoodsUSA rankings and do not change neighborhood scores, ranks, historical Zillow trends, Census measures, or HMDA mortgage intelligence.