What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Picnic Valley?
Picnic Valley is ranked #12 of 25 eligible neighborhoods in San Rafael; #674 of 1,814 eligible neighborhoods in CA; and #6,038 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Picnic Valley
San Rafael, CA | Marin County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
54.2
Stability and Strength
51.8
Value Opportunity
38.2
Momentum
80.5
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | San Rafael, CA |
| County | Marin County |
| National rank | #6,038 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #674 of 1,814 |
| City rank | #12 of 25 |
| County rank | #28 of 47 |
| National percentile | 59.7 |
| National band | MIDDLE_50_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $1,311,015 |
| Year-over-year home value change | 4.7% |
| Month-over-month home value change | 0.28% |
| Home value to income ratio | 14.57 |
| Median household income | $89,977 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 55.0% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 8.5% |
| Homeownership rate | 44.7% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 0.9% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 52.2% |
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 Picnic Valley
Is Picnic Valley one of the best neighborhoods in San Rafael?
Picnic Valley has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 54.2 and a city ranking of #12 of 25 eligible neighborhoods in San Rafael.
How much are homes worth in Picnic Valley?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Picnic Valley is approximately $1,311,015.
Are home values rising or falling in Picnic Valley?
Zillow neighborhood values changed 4.7% year over year and 0.28% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Picnic Valley?
Picnic Valley has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 80.5. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Picnic Valley?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $89,977.
How affordable is Picnic Valley relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 14.57. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Picnic Valley primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 44.7%.
What is the unemployment rate in Picnic Valley?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 8.5%.
How educated are residents of Picnic Valley?
Approximately 55.0% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Picnic Valley face high rent burden?
Approximately 52.2% 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 Picnic Valley?
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 applications24
Estimated originations14
Home-purchase applications8
Origination rate57.2%
Home-purchase share32.3%
Average application loan$608,723
Total application loan amount$14,386,622
National application rank#10,079 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 11.9% YoY; originations 0.1% 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.