What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Lower Orchard?
Lower Orchard is ranked #11 of 38 eligible neighborhoods in Levittown; #27 of 382 eligible neighborhoods in PA; and #1,233 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Lower Orchard
Levittown, PA | Bucks County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
70.7
Stability and Strength
70.0
Value Opportunity
73.2
Momentum
68.3
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Levittown, PA |
| County | Bucks County |
| National rank | #1,233 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #27 of 382 |
| City rank | #11 of 38 |
| County rank | #11 of 40 |
| National percentile | 91.8 |
| National band | TOP_10_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $420,304 |
| Year-over-year home value change | 2.2% |
| Month-over-month home value change | 0.33% |
| Home value to income ratio | 3.24 |
| Median household income | $129,604 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 27.2% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 4.6% |
| Homeownership rate | 100.0% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 0.0% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | Not available |
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 Lower Orchard
Is Lower Orchard one of the best neighborhoods in Levittown?
Lower Orchard has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 70.7 and a city ranking of #11 of 38 eligible neighborhoods in Levittown.
How much are homes worth in Lower Orchard?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Lower Orchard is approximately $420,304.
Are home values rising or falling in Lower Orchard?
Zillow neighborhood values changed 2.2% year over year and 0.33% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Lower Orchard?
Lower Orchard has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 68.3. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Lower Orchard?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $129,604.
How affordable is Lower Orchard relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 3.24. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Lower Orchard primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 100.0%.
What is the unemployment rate in Lower Orchard?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 4.6%.
How educated are residents of Lower Orchard?
Approximately 27.2% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Lower Orchard face high rent burden?
Approximately Not available 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 Lower Orchard?
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 applications15
Estimated originations9
Home-purchase applications4
Origination rate57.0%
Home-purchase share27.2%
Average application loan$290,658
Total application loan amount$4,373,049
National application rank#11,466 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 9.1% YoY; originations 15.0% 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.