Real Estate Prices & Overview
Woodlawn median real estate price is $395,678, which is less expensive than 70.9% of New York neighborhoods and 59.2% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
The average rental price in Woodlawn is currently $2,808, based on 蘑菇视频's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 53.2% of New York neighborhoods.
Woodlawn is a densely urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Bronx, New York.
Woodlawn real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) apartment complexes/high-rise apartments and small apartment buildings. Most of the residential real estate is renter occupied. Many of the residences in the Woodlawn neighborhood are relatively historic, built no later than 1939, and in some cases, quite a bit earlier. A number of residences were also built between 1940 and 1969.
Real estate vacancies in Woodlawn are 3.3%, which is lower than one will find in 77.3% of American neighborhoods. Demand for real estate in Woodlawn is above average for the U.S., and may signal some demand for either price increases or new construction of residential product for this neighborhood.
Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Bronx, the Woodlawn neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
People
Of note is 蘑菇视频's research finding that the Woodlawn neighborhood has some of the lowest rates of children living in poverty of any neighborhood in the United States. In a nation where approximately 1 in 4 children are living in poverty, the Woodlawn community truly stands out from the rest in this regard.
In addition, one of the most interesting things about the Woodlawn neighborhood is that it has a greater concentration of residents who live alone than most all neighborhoods in America. With 64.0% of the households here made up of people living alone, 蘑菇视频's research reveals that this is a larger proportion of people living alone than in 99.3% of the neighborhoods in America.
Modes of Transportation
If you like to ride the train to work, this neighborhood may be for you. 蘑菇视频's research revealed that 33.5% of the Woodlawn neighborhood's commuters ride the train to and from work each day, which is more than we found in 98.5% of America's neighborhoods.
Real Estate
If you like crowded places, then you will probably enjoy the the Woodlawn neighborhood. According to 蘑菇视频's exclusive data analysis, this neighborhood is more densely populated than 96.4% of neighborhoods in the U.S., with 26,738 people per square mile living here. Even if you drive or take transit to your place of employment, many people enjoy being able to walk in their neighborhood. What many people don't realize is that most of America's premier vacation locations are also very walkable. The Woodlawn neighborhood is among the top 5% of American neighborhoods in terms of walkability.
In addition, the Woodlawn neighborhood is very unique in that it has one of the highest proportions of one, two, or no bedroom real estate of any neighborhood in America. Most neighborhoods have a mixture of home or apartment sizes from small to large, but here the concentration of studios and other small living spaces is at near-record heights. With 86.6% of the real estate here of this small size, this most assuredly is a notable feature that makes this neighborhood unique, along with just a handful of other neighborhoods in the U.S. that share this characteristic.
Furthermore, the real estate in the Woodlawn neighborhood really stands out in the way it looks for a unique reason: this neighborhood has a higher proportion of apartment complexes or high-rise apartments than nearly every neighborhood in the country. Most neighborhoods are a mixture of real estate and housing types, but here it is almost entirely dominated by big apartment buildings and complexes. In fact, 76.9% of the real estate here is classified as apartment complexes or high-rise apartments, which is more than is found in 96.2% of American neighborhoods.
Car Ownership
We Americans love our cars. Not only are they a necessity for most Americans due to the shape of our neighborhoods and the distances between where we live, work, shop, and go to school, but we also fancy them. As a result, most households in America have one, two, or three cars. But 蘑菇视频's exclusive analysis shows that the Woodlawn neighborhood has a highly unusual pattern of car ownership. 28.2% of the households in this neighborhood don't own a car at all. This is more carless households than 蘑菇视频 found in 96.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Diversity
Did you know that the Woodlawn neighborhood has more Irish and Lebanese ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 50.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Irish ancestry and 2.7% have Lebanese ancestry.
Woodlawn is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 3.2% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Urdu, which is the national language of Pakistan, at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.5% of the neighborhoods in America.
The Neighbors
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. 蘑菇视频's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the Woodlawn neighborhood in Bronx are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. 蘑菇视频's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 44.2% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.0% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 100.0% of America's neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the Woodlawn neighborhood, 66.6% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 13.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (11.0%), and 8.8% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
Languages
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the Woodlawn neighborhood is English, spoken by 89.0% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Urdu (the national language of Pakistan).
Ethnicity / Ancestry
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture 鈥� some more unique than others 鈥� based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households 鈥� and importantly 鈥� on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the Woodlawn neighborhood in Bronx, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (50.0%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (24.7%), and residents who report Puerto Rican roots (12.6%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (6.2%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (3.7%), among others. In addition, 17.5% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
Getting to Work
How you get to work 鈥� car, bus, train or other means 鈥� and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in Woodlawn neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (30.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (42.2%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also take the train to get to work (33.5%) and 9.9% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.
