What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Radio Section?
Radio Section is ranked No published Metuchen rank is currently available; #2 of 137 eligible neighborhoods in NJ; and #368 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Radio Section
Metuchen, NJ | Middlesex County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
77.8
Stability and Strength
81.5
Value Opportunity
77.0
Momentum
72.9
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Metuchen, NJ |
| County | Middlesex County |
| National rank | #368 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #2 of 137 |
| City rank | Not available |
| County rank | #1 of 17 |
| National percentile | 97.6 |
| National band | TOP_5_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $714,710 |
| Year-over-year home value change | 2.2% |
| Month-over-month home value change | 0.63% |
| Home value to income ratio | 4.39 |
| Median household income | $162,936 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 71.6% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 3.0% |
| Homeownership rate | 63.6% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 0.0% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 27.5% |
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 Radio Section
Is Radio Section one of the best neighborhoods in Metuchen?
Radio Section has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 77.8 and a city ranking of No published Metuchen rank is currently available.
How much are homes worth in Radio Section?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Radio Section is approximately $714,710.
Are home values rising or falling in Radio Section?
Zillow neighborhood values changed 2.2% year over year and 0.63% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Radio Section?
Radio Section has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 72.9. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Radio Section?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $162,936.
How affordable is Radio Section relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 4.39. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Radio Section primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 63.6%.
What is the unemployment rate in Radio Section?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 3.0%.
How educated are residents of Radio Section?
Approximately 71.6% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Radio Section face high rent burden?
Approximately 27.5% 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 Radio Section?
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 applications17
Estimated originations9
Home-purchase applications8
Origination rate50.0%
Home-purchase share47.5%
Average application loan$370,511
Total application loan amount$6,339,782
National application rank#11,102 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 28.3% YoY; originations 22.9% 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.