What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Hilltop Green?
Hilltop Green is ranked #4 of 27 eligible neighborhoods in Richmond; #620 of 1,814 eligible neighborhoods in CA; and #5,585 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Hilltop Green
Richmond, CA | Contra Costa County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
55.4
Stability and Strength
72.7
Value Opportunity
58.2
Momentum
23.9
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Richmond, CA |
| County | Contra Costa County |
| National rank | #5,585 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #620 of 1,814 |
| City rank | #4 of 27 |
| County rank | #24 of 57 |
| National percentile | 62.7 |
| National band | MIDDLE_50_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $590,336 |
| Year-over-year home value change | -2.9% |
| Month-over-month home value change | -0.03% |
| Home value to income ratio | 6.44 |
| Median household income | $91,671 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 49.4% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 1.9% |
| Homeownership rate | 87.0% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 0.0% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 49.6% |
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 Hilltop Green
Is Hilltop Green one of the best neighborhoods in Richmond?
Hilltop Green has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 55.4 and a city ranking of #4 of 27 eligible neighborhoods in Richmond.
How much are homes worth in Hilltop Green?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Hilltop Green is approximately $590,336.
Are home values rising or falling in Hilltop Green?
Zillow neighborhood values changed -2.9% year over year and -0.03% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Hilltop Green?
Hilltop Green has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 23.9. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Hilltop Green?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $91,671.
How affordable is Hilltop Green relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 6.44. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Hilltop Green primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 87.0%.
What is the unemployment rate in Hilltop Green?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 1.9%.
How educated are residents of Hilltop Green?
Approximately 49.4% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Hilltop Green face high rent burden?
Approximately 49.6% 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 Hilltop Green?
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 applications28
Estimated originations16
Home-purchase applications11
Origination rate55.4%
Home-purchase share37.5%
Average application loan$384,293
Total application loan amount$10,772,980
National application rank#9,499 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 35.3% YoY; originations 36.0% 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.