| Context | Value |
|---|
| Location | Lafayette, CA |
| County | Contra Costa County |
| National rank | Not available |
| State rank | Not available |
| City rank | Not available |
| County rank | Not available |
| National percentile | Not available |
| National band | Not available |
Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $2,318,769 |
| Year-over-year home value change | 4.2% |
| Month-over-month home value change | 0.51% |
| Home value to income ratio | Not available |
| Median household income | Not available |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 90.3% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 3.6% |
| Homeownership rate | 100.0% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 8.9% |
| 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 Happy Valley Highlands
What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Happy Valley Highlands?
Happy Valley Highlands is ranked No published Lafayette rank is currently available; No published CA rank is currently available; and No published the United States rank is currently available.
Is Happy Valley Highlands one of the best neighborhoods in Lafayette?
Happy Valley Highlands has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of Not available and a city ranking of No published Lafayette rank is currently available.
How much are homes worth in Happy Valley Highlands?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Happy Valley Highlands is approximately $2,318,769.
Are home values rising or falling in Happy Valley Highlands?
Zillow neighborhood values changed 4.2% year over year and 0.51% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Happy Valley Highlands?
Happy Valley Highlands has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 83.0. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Happy Valley Highlands?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately Not available.
How affordable is Happy Valley Highlands relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is Not available. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Happy Valley Highlands primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 100.0%.
What is the unemployment rate in Happy Valley Highlands?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 3.6%.
How educated are residents of Happy Valley Highlands?
Approximately 90.3% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Happy Valley Highlands 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 Happy Valley Highlands?
The overall index combines 40% Stability and Strength, 35% Value Opportunity, and 25% Momentum. Race, ethnicity, and identity composition are not scoring components.
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 applications10
Estimated originations6
Home-purchase applications4
Origination rate61.5%
Home-purchase share33.8%
Average application loan$1,241,014
Total application loan amount$12,946,455
National application rank#12,407 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 19.4% YoY; originations 12.3% 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.