What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Tosa Heights?
Tosa Heights is ranked #5 of 26 eligible neighborhoods in Wauwatosa; #6 of 394 eligible neighborhoods in WI; and #140 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Tosa Heights
Wauwatosa, WI | Milwaukee County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
81.9
Stability and Strength
76.5
Value Opportunity
82.7
Momentum
89.6
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Wauwatosa, WI |
| County | Milwaukee County |
| National rank | #140 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #6 of 394 |
| City rank | #5 of 26 |
| County rank | #5 of 205 |
| National percentile | 99.1 |
| National band | TOP_1_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $324,213 |
| Year-over-year home value change | 6.0% |
| Month-over-month home value change | 0.57% |
| Home value to income ratio | 2.64 |
| Median household income | $122,836 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 43.9% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 1.7% |
| Homeownership rate | 72.7% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 2.1% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 7.7% |
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 Tosa Heights
Is Tosa Heights one of the best neighborhoods in Wauwatosa?
Tosa Heights has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 81.9 and a city ranking of #5 of 26 eligible neighborhoods in Wauwatosa.
How much are homes worth in Tosa Heights?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Tosa Heights is approximately $324,213.
Are home values rising or falling in Tosa Heights?
Zillow neighborhood values changed 6.0% year over year and 0.57% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Tosa Heights?
Tosa Heights has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 89.6. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Tosa Heights?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $122,836.
How affordable is Tosa Heights relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 2.64. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Tosa Heights primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 72.7%.
What is the unemployment rate in Tosa Heights?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 1.7%.
How educated are residents of Tosa Heights?
Approximately 43.9% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Tosa Heights face high rent burden?
Approximately 7.7% 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 Tosa Heights?
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 originations16
Home-purchase applications9
Origination rate69.1%
Home-purchase share40.0%
Average application loan$179,179
Total application loan amount$4,071,201
National application rank#10,228 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 7.7% 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.