| Context | Value |
|---|
| Location | Muncie, IN |
| County | Delaware County |
| National rank | #10,057 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #529 of 656 |
| City rank | #20 of 32 |
| County rank | #20 of 32 |
| National percentile | 32.8 |
| National band | MIDDLE_50_PERCENT |
Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $79,633 |
| Year-over-year home value change | 2.4% |
| Month-over-month home value change | 0.18% |
| Home value to income ratio | 1.56 |
| Median household income | $51,001 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 5.3% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 9.3% |
| Homeownership rate | 57.0% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 19.5% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 44.6% |
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 Thomas Park/Avondale
What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Thomas Park/Avondale?
Thomas Park/Avondale is ranked #20 of 32 eligible neighborhoods in Muncie; #529 of 656 eligible neighborhoods in IN; and #10,057 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Is Thomas Park/Avondale one of the best neighborhoods in Muncie?
Thomas Park/Avondale has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 43.0 and a city ranking of #20 of 32 eligible neighborhoods in Muncie.
How much are homes worth in Thomas Park/Avondale?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Thomas Park/Avondale is approximately $79,633.
Are home values rising or falling in Thomas Park/Avondale?
Zillow neighborhood values changed 2.4% year over year and 0.18% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Thomas Park/Avondale?
Thomas Park/Avondale has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 66.0. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Thomas Park/Avondale?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $51,001.
How affordable is Thomas Park/Avondale relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 1.56. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Thomas Park/Avondale primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 57.0%.
What is the unemployment rate in Thomas Park/Avondale?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 9.3%.
How educated are residents of Thomas Park/Avondale?
Approximately 5.3% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Thomas Park/Avondale face high rent burden?
Approximately 44.6% 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 Thomas Park/Avondale?
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 applications90
Estimated originations49
Home-purchase applications46
Origination rate54.6%
Home-purchase share50.7%
Average application loan$77,256
Total application loan amount$6,987,845
National application rank#4,736 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 22.9% YoY; originations 24.3% 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.