What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Meridian Park?
Meridian Park is ranked #9 of 14 eligible neighborhoods in Shoreline; #254 of 533 eligible neighborhoods in WA; and #8,126 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Meridian Park
Shoreline, WA | King County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
48.6
Stability and Strength
64.8
Value Opportunity
54.7
Momentum
14.2
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Shoreline, WA |
| County | King County |
| National rank | #8,126 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #254 of 533 |
| City rank | #9 of 14 |
| County rank | #147 of 287 |
| National percentile | 45.7 |
| National band | MIDDLE_50_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $805,337 |
| Year-over-year home value change | -3.0% |
| Month-over-month home value change | -0.48% |
| Home value to income ratio | 6.53 |
| Median household income | $123,279 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 48.4% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 3.8% |
| Homeownership rate | 65.2% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 5.6% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 51.2% |
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 Meridian Park
Is Meridian Park one of the best neighborhoods in Shoreline?
Meridian Park has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 48.6 and a city ranking of #9 of 14 eligible neighborhoods in Shoreline.
How much are homes worth in Meridian Park?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Meridian Park is approximately $805,337.
Are home values rising or falling in Meridian Park?
Zillow neighborhood values changed -3.0% year over year and -0.48% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Meridian Park?
Meridian Park has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 14.2. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Meridian Park?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $123,279.
How affordable is Meridian Park relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 6.53. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Meridian Park primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 65.2%.
What is the unemployment rate in Meridian Park?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 3.8%.
How educated are residents of Meridian Park?
Approximately 48.4% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Meridian Park face high rent burden?
Approximately 51.2% 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 Meridian 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 applications183
Estimated originations109
Home-purchase applications91
Origination rate59.4%
Home-purchase share49.7%
Average application loan$675,146
Total application loan amount$123,648,213
National application rank#2,325 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 0.4% YoY; originations 3.2% 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.