Ponce de Leon / Northwest Homestead median real estate price is $667,671, which is more expensive than 80.3% of the neighborhoods in Florida and 77.6% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Ponce de Leon / Northwest Homestead is currently $2,651, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 44.4% of Florida neighborhoods.
Ponce de Leon / Northwest Homestead is an urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Homestead, Florida.
Ponce de Leon / Northwest Homestead real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) townhomes and single-family homes. Most of the residential real estate is occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Many of the residences in the Ponce de Leon / Northwest Homestead neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.
Home and apartment vacancy rates are 8.1% in Ponce de Leon / Northwest Homestead. NeighborhoodScout analysis shows that this rate is lower than 46.4% of the neighborhoods in the nation, approximately near the middle range for vacancies.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
It used to be that most Americans lived on the farm, or otherwise made their living from the land, the forests, or the sea. With global trade and an economy increasingly based on providing services to one another, fewer people farm, fish or harvest timber now than at any time in American history. But according to NeighborhoodScout's leading analysis, the Ponce de Leon / Northwest Homestead neighborhood stands apart from most American neighborhood due to the proportion of its residents still working in these fields. With 34.0% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 99.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.
In the Ponce de Leon / Northwest Homestead neighborhood, carpooling is still a popular way to get to and from work. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that 34.0% of commuters carpool here, which is more than in 99.4% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Regardless of the means by which residents commute, this neighborhood has a length of commute that is notable. Long commutes can be brutal. They take time, money, and energy, leaving less of you for yourself and your family. The residents of the Ponce de Leon / Northwest Homestead neighborhood unfortunately have the distinction of having, on average, a longer commute than most any neighborhood in America. 18.3% of commuters here travel more than one hour just one-way to work. That is more than two hours per day. This percentage with two-hour + round-trip commutes is higher than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.4% of all neighborhoods in America.
NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research revealed that 97.9% of the adult residents in the Ponce de Leon / Northwest Homestead neighborhood do not have a 4-year college degree, which is a lower rate of college graduated adults than found in 98.6% of the neighborhoods in America.
In addition, the Ponce de Leon / Northwest Homestead neighborhood stands out for having an average per capita income lower than 96.8% of the neighborhoods in the United States. Also of note, 68.3% of the children in this area live in poverty; an extraordinarily high percentage compared to other neighborhoods in the nation. In a nation where approximately one in four children grows up in poverty, this neighborhood stands out for the depth of the problem manifested here.
Many people dream of living along a street lined with row houses or other attached homes. Such places do often have an abundance of charm. If you are one of these people, the Ponce de Leon / Northwest Homestead neighborhood could be your paradise. With 36.2% of the homes and real estate here classified as rowhouses or other attached homes, this neighborhood brims with opportunity to find the right place for you. Only 2.3% of U.S. neighborhoods have more row houses than this neighborhood, making it one of the most interesting things about this special neighborhood.
Did you know that the Ponce de Leon / Northwest Homestead neighborhood has more Cuban ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 11.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Cuban ancestry.
Ponce de Leon / Northwest Homestead is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 84.1% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 99.1% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Do you like to be surrounded by people from all over the country or world, with different perspectives and life experiences? Or do you instead prefer to be in a neighborhood where most residents have lived there for a long time, creating a sense of cohesiveness? NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that this neighborhood stands out among American neighborhoods for the uniqueness of the mobility of its residents. What is interesting to note, is that the Ponce de Leon / Northwest Homestead neighborhood has a greater percentage of residents born in another country (50.9%) than are found in 97.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the Ponce de Leon / Northwest Homestead neighborhood in Homestead are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 96.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 68.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 98.4% of U.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 Ponce de Leon / Northwest Homestead neighborhood, 34.0% of the working population is employed in farming, forestry, or commercial fishing. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 26.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.1%), and 11.7% in executive, management, and professional occupations.
The most common language spoken in the Ponce de Leon / Northwest Homestead neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 84.1% of households. Some people also speak English (12.5%).
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the Ponce de Leon / Northwest Homestead neighborhood in Homestead, FL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Cuban (11.5%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (10.7%), and residents who report Puerto Rican roots (4.4%), and some of the residents are also of South American ancestry (2.5%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (1.1%), among others. In addition, 50.9% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in Ponce de Leon / Northwest Homestead neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (44.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans. However, there is also a significant group of residents (18.3%) who commute over an hour in each direction.
Here most residents (62.7%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (34.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.