What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Gold Coast?
Gold Coast is ranked #8 of 13 eligible neighborhoods in Alameda; #504 of 1,814 eligible neighborhoods in CA; and #4,717 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Gold Coast
Alameda, CA | Alameda County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
57.9
Stability and Strength
59.4
Value Opportunity
40.1
Momentum
80.4
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Alameda, CA |
| County | Alameda County |
| National rank | #4,717 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #504 of 1,814 |
| City rank | #8 of 13 |
| County rank | #53 of 202 |
| National percentile | 68.5 |
| National band | MIDDLE_50_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $1,708,974 |
| Year-over-year home value change | 3.1% |
| Month-over-month home value change | 1.03% |
| Home value to income ratio | 16.38 |
| Median household income | $104,333 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 65.3% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 5.9% |
| Homeownership rate | 53.4% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 7.1% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 46.1% |
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 Gold Coast
Is Gold Coast one of the best neighborhoods in Alameda?
Gold Coast has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 57.9 and a city ranking of #8 of 13 eligible neighborhoods in Alameda.
How much are homes worth in Gold Coast?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Gold Coast is approximately $1,708,974.
Are home values rising or falling in Gold Coast?
Zillow neighborhood values changed 3.1% year over year and 1.03% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Gold Coast?
Gold Coast has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 80.4. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Gold Coast?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $104,333.
How affordable is Gold Coast relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 16.38. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Gold Coast primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 53.4%.
What is the unemployment rate in Gold Coast?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 5.9%.
How educated are residents of Gold Coast?
Approximately 65.3% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Gold Coast face high rent burden?
Approximately 46.1% 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 Gold Coast?
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 applications47
Estimated originations26
Home-purchase applications13
Origination rate56.0%
Home-purchase share27.5%
Average application loan$535,432
Total application loan amount$25,182,981
National application rank#7,484 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 32.6% YoY; originations 24.7% 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.