What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Red Bud Park?
Red Bud Park is ranked #9 of 17 eligible neighborhoods in Abilene; #286 of 1,241 eligible neighborhoods in TX; and #3,757 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Red Bud Park
Abilene, TX | Taylor County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
60.8
Stability and Strength
40.0
Value Opportunity
59.7
Momentum
95.7
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Abilene, TX |
| County | Taylor County |
| National rank | #3,757 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #286 of 1,241 |
| City rank | #9 of 17 |
| County rank | #9 of 16 |
| National percentile | 74.9 |
| National band | MIDDLE_50_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $191,073 |
| Year-over-year home value change | 8.5% |
| Month-over-month home value change | 0.89% |
| Home value to income ratio | 2.61 |
| Median household income | $73,128 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 31.4% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 5.7% |
| Homeownership rate | 74.4% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 15.9% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 78.9% |
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 Red Bud Park
Is Red Bud Park one of the best neighborhoods in Abilene?
Red Bud Park has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 60.8 and a city ranking of #9 of 17 eligible neighborhoods in Abilene.
How much are homes worth in Red Bud Park?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Red Bud Park is approximately $191,073.
Are home values rising or falling in Red Bud Park?
Zillow neighborhood values changed 8.5% year over year and 0.89% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Red Bud Park?
Red Bud Park has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 95.7. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Red Bud Park?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $73,128.
How affordable is Red Bud Park relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 2.61. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Red Bud Park primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 74.4%.
What is the unemployment rate in Red Bud Park?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 5.7%.
How educated are residents of Red Bud Park?
Approximately 31.4% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Red Bud Park face high rent burden?
Approximately 78.9% 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 Red Bud 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
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 applications101
Estimated originations64
Home-purchase applications66
Origination rate63.6%
Home-purchase share65.6%
Average application loan$149,743
Total application loan amount$15,115,733
National application rank#4,318 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 46.1% YoY; originations 55.1% 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.
Texas Current Housing Market
Current housing market in Red Bud Park
A current-market snapshot based on active sale listings observed in the certified National Data System Texas housing refresh.
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Active listings observed
$187,450
Median asking price
$112.23
Median asking price / sq. ft.
68.5
Median days on market
1,660 sq. ft.
Median home size
Observed asking-price range: $50,000 to $200,000
Newest listing observed: 2026-08-05 19:00:00-05:00
How this current-market geography is determined
Coverage basis: Exact Zillow neighborhood polygon matches.
4 exact polygon matches. 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.