Neighborhood Profile

Rancho View Knolls

Lafayette, CA | Contra Costa County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
54.8
National rank: #5,845 of 14,967
Stability and Strength
60.0
Score
Value Opportunity
35.5
Score
Momentum
73.4
Score
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
ContextValue
LocationLafayette, CA
CountyContra Costa County
National rank#5,845 of 14,967
State rank#647 of 1,814
City rank#10 of 11
County rank#26 of 57
National percentile61.0
National bandMIDDLE_50_PERCENT
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Housing and local fundamentals

Housing and market metricsValue
Current Zillow home value$2,633,427
Year-over-year home value change2.2%
Month-over-month home value change0.73%
Home value to income ratio50,199.69
Median household income$52
Bachelor's degree or higher80.3%
Civilian unemployment rate1.4%
Homeownership rate92.2%
Housing vacancy rate1.9%
Rent burden 30% or higher68.5%

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 Rancho View Knolls

What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Rancho View Knolls?

Rancho View Knolls is ranked #10 of 11 eligible neighborhoods in Lafayette; #647 of 1,814 eligible neighborhoods in CA; and #5,845 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.

Is Rancho View Knolls one of the best neighborhoods in Lafayette?

Rancho View Knolls has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 54.8 and a city ranking of #10 of 11 eligible neighborhoods in Lafayette.

How much are homes worth in Rancho View Knolls?

The current Zillow Home Value Index for Rancho View Knolls is approximately $2,633,427.

Are home values rising or falling in Rancho View Knolls?

Zillow neighborhood values changed 2.2% year over year and 0.73% month over month.

What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Rancho View Knolls?

Rancho View Knolls has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 73.4. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.

What is the median household income in Rancho View Knolls?

The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $52.

How affordable is Rancho View Knolls relative to household income?

The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 50,199.69. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.

Is Rancho View Knolls primarily homeowners or renters?

The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 92.2%.

What is the unemployment rate in Rancho View Knolls?

The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 1.4%.

How educated are residents of Rancho View Knolls?

Approximately 80.3% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.

What share of renters in Rancho View Knolls face high rent burden?

Approximately 68.5% 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 Rancho View Knolls?

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 applications3
Estimated originations2
Home-purchase applications1
Origination rate66.4%
Home-purchase share41.8%
Average application loan$912,987
Total application loan amount$2,450,921
National application rank#14,393 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications -13.6% YoY; originations -0.9% 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.