Neighborhood Profile

Fisher Hill

Brookline, MA | Norfolk County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
72.3
National rank: #974 of 14,967
Stability and Strength
77.9
Score
Value Opportunity
50.4
Score
Momentum
93.9
Score
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
ContextValue
LocationBrookline, MA
CountyNorfolk County
National rank#974 of 14,967
State rank#12 of 259
City rank#1 of 10
County rank#3 of 30
National percentile93.5
National bandTOP_10_PERCENT
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Housing and local fundamentals

Housing and market metricsValue
Current Zillow home value$3,742,029
Year-over-year home value change8.0%
Month-over-month home value change0.69%
Home value to income ratio40.37
Median household income$92,689
Bachelor's degree or higher89.1%
Civilian unemployment rate1.2%
Homeownership rate78.0%
Housing vacancy rate1.5%
Rent burden 30% or higher53.1%

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 Fisher Hill

What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Fisher Hill?

Fisher Hill is ranked #1 of 10 eligible neighborhoods in Brookline; #12 of 259 eligible neighborhoods in MA; and #974 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.

Is Fisher Hill one of the best neighborhoods in Brookline?

Fisher Hill has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 72.3 and a city ranking of #1 of 10 eligible neighborhoods in Brookline.

How much are homes worth in Fisher Hill?

The current Zillow Home Value Index for Fisher Hill is approximately $3,742,029.

Are home values rising or falling in Fisher Hill?

Zillow neighborhood values changed 8.0% year over year and 0.69% month over month.

What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Fisher Hill?

Fisher Hill has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 93.9. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.

What is the median household income in Fisher Hill?

The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $92,689.

How affordable is Fisher Hill relative to household income?

The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 40.37. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.

Is Fisher Hill primarily homeowners or renters?

The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 78.0%.

What is the unemployment rate in Fisher Hill?

The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 1.2%.

How educated are residents of Fisher Hill?

Approximately 89.1% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.

What share of renters in Fisher Hill face high rent burden?

Approximately 53.1% 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 Fisher Hill?

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 applications65
Estimated originations39
Home-purchase applications28
Origination rate60.4%
Home-purchase share42.8%
Average application loan$700,437
Total application loan amount$45,225,051
National application rank#6,186 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications -26.8% YoY; originations -20.7% 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.