Neighborhood Profile

Southwest Outer Drive

Dearborn, MI | Wayne County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
60.1
National rank: #4,012 of 14,967
Stability and Strength
49.6
Score
Value Opportunity
62.9
Score
Momentum
72.8
Score
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
ContextValue
LocationDearborn, MI
CountyWayne County
National rank#4,012 of 14,967
State rank#108 of 334
City rank#16 of 29
County rank#29 of 123
National percentile73.2
National bandMIDDLE_50_PERCENT
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Housing and local fundamentals

Housing and market metricsValue
Current Zillow home value$218,391
Year-over-year home value change2.7%
Month-over-month home value change0.39%
Home value to income ratio2.65
Median household income$82,562
Bachelor's degree or higher26.7%
Civilian unemployment rate7.8%
Homeownership rate85.8%
Housing vacancy rate4.9%
Rent burden 30% or higher49.5%

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 Southwest Outer Drive

What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Southwest Outer Drive?

Southwest Outer Drive is ranked #16 of 29 eligible neighborhoods in Dearborn; #108 of 334 eligible neighborhoods in MI; and #4,012 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.

Is Southwest Outer Drive one of the best neighborhoods in Dearborn?

Southwest Outer Drive has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 60.1 and a city ranking of #16 of 29 eligible neighborhoods in Dearborn.

How much are homes worth in Southwest Outer Drive?

The current Zillow Home Value Index for Southwest Outer Drive is approximately $218,391.

Are home values rising or falling in Southwest Outer Drive?

Zillow neighborhood values changed 2.7% year over year and 0.39% month over month.

What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Southwest Outer Drive?

Southwest Outer Drive has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 72.8. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.

What is the median household income in Southwest Outer Drive?

The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $82,562.

How affordable is Southwest Outer Drive relative to household income?

The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 2.65. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.

Is Southwest Outer Drive primarily homeowners or renters?

The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 85.8%.

What is the unemployment rate in Southwest Outer Drive?

The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 7.8%.

How educated are residents of Southwest Outer Drive?

Approximately 26.7% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.

What share of renters in Southwest Outer Drive face high rent burden?

Approximately 49.5% 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 Southwest Outer Drive?

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 applications194
Estimated originations123
Home-purchase applications82
Origination rate63.3%
Home-purchase share42.4%
Average application loan$145,720
Total application loan amount$28,211,500
National application rank#2,153 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 12.0% YoY; originations 15.4% 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.