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Real Estate Prices & Overview

Polar Rock / Swallow Circle Baywood median real estate price is $234,474, which is more expensive than 32.6% of the neighborhoods in Georgia and 29.1% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.

The average rental price in Polar Rock / Swallow Circle Baywood is currently $2,149, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 50.7% of Georgia neighborhoods.

Polar Rock / Swallow Circle Baywood is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Atlanta, Georgia.

Polar Rock / Swallow Circle Baywood real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to small (studio to two bedroom) single-family homes and apartment complexes/high-rise apartments. Most of the residential real estate is occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Many of the residences in the Polar Rock / Swallow Circle Baywood neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.

Vacant apartments or homes are a major fact of life in Polar Rock / Swallow Circle Baywood. The current real estate vacancy rate here is 21.7%. This is higher than the rate of vacancies in 88.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, most vacant housing here is vacant year round. This can sometimes be the case in neighborhoods dominated by new construction that is not yet occupied. But often neighborhoods with vacancy rates this high are places that can be plagued by a protracted vacancy problem. If you live here, you may find that a number of buildings in your neighborhood are actually empty.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.

People

The Polar Rock / Swallow Circle Baywood neighborhood has a greater percentage of children living in poverty (55.8%) than found in 95.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods. Children living in poverty is one of the challenges facing America, and the world, and in this neighborhood in particular, the problem can be considered acute.

Modes of Transportation

In the Polar Rock / Swallow Circle Baywood neighborhood, carpooling is still a popular way to get to and from work. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that 22.9% of commuters carpool here, which is more than in 95.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Car Ownership

American households most often have a car, and regularly they have two or three. But households in the Polar Rock / Swallow Circle Baywood neighborhood buck this trend. 19.6% of the households in this neighborhood don't own a car at all. This is more carless households than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the Polar Rock / Swallow Circle Baywood neighborhood has more Jamaican and Cuban ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 19.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Jamaican ancestry and 3.0% have Cuban ancestry.

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. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the Polar Rock / Swallow Circle Baywood neighborhood in Atlanta are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 94.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 55.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 95.8% 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 Polar Rock / Swallow Circle Baywood neighborhood, 35.7% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 23.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (22.4%), and 18.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the Polar Rock / Swallow Circle Baywood neighborhood is English, spoken by 92.3% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (7.6%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the Polar Rock / Swallow Circle Baywood neighborhood in Atlanta, GA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Jamaican (19.0%). There are also a number of people of Sub-Saharan African ancestry (10.1%), and residents who report African roots (6.6%), and some of the residents are also of Puerto Rican ancestry (5.5%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (4.0%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 Polar Rock / Swallow Circle Baywood neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (30.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (58.6%) 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 (22.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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