What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Brown Avenue?
Brown Avenue is ranked #9 of 11 eligible neighborhoods in Lafayette; #603 of 1,814 eligible neighborhoods in CA; and #5,497 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Brown Avenue
Lafayette, CA | Contra Costa County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
55.7
Stability and Strength
55.7
Value Opportunity
28.9
Momentum
93.2
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Lafayette, CA |
| County | Contra Costa County |
| National rank | #5,497 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #603 of 1,814 |
| City rank | #9 of 11 |
| County rank | #22 of 57 |
| National percentile | 63.3 |
| National band | MIDDLE_50_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $2,042,297 |
| Year-over-year home value change | 6.0% |
| Month-over-month home value change | 1.76% |
| Home value to income ratio | 163,423.20 |
| Median household income | $12 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 82.7% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 4.8% |
| Homeownership rate | 84.6% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 3.8% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 42.7% |
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 Brown Avenue
Is Brown Avenue one of the best neighborhoods in Lafayette?
Brown Avenue has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 55.7 and a city ranking of #9 of 11 eligible neighborhoods in Lafayette.
How much are homes worth in Brown Avenue?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Brown Avenue is approximately $2,042,297.
Are home values rising or falling in Brown Avenue?
Zillow neighborhood values changed 6.0% year over year and 1.76% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Brown Avenue?
Brown Avenue has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 93.2. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Brown Avenue?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $12.
How affordable is Brown Avenue relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 163,423.20. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Brown Avenue primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 84.6%.
What is the unemployment rate in Brown Avenue?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 4.8%.
How educated are residents of Brown Avenue?
Approximately 82.7% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Brown Avenue face high rent burden?
Approximately 42.7% 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 Brown Avenue?
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 applications5
Estimated originations3
Home-purchase applications2
Origination rate61.5%
Home-purchase share33.8%
Average application loan$1,240,815
Total application loan amount$5,590,661
National application rank#13,893 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 19.3% YoY; originations 12.3% 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.