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Real Estate Prices & Overview

Blackmon Crossroads / Oak Forest median real estate price is $245,412, which is less expensive than 65.5% of North Carolina neighborhoods and 70.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

The average rental price in Blackmon Crossroads / Oak Forest is currently $1,299, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 85.3% of North Carolina neighborhoods.

Blackmon Crossroads / Oak Forest is a remote neighborhood (based on population density) located in Four Oaks, North Carolina.

Blackmon Crossroads / Oak Forest real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to small (studio to two bedroom) mobile homes 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 Blackmon Crossroads / Oak Forest neighborhood are established but not old, having been built between 1970 and 1999. A number of residences were also built before 1940.

Blackmon Crossroads / Oak Forest has a 14.2% vacancy rate, which is well above average compared to other U.S. neighborhoods (higher than 76.0% of American neighborhoods). Most vacant housing here is vacant year round. This could either signal that there is a weak demand for real estate in the neighborhood or that large amount of new housing has been built and not yet occupied. Either way, if you live here, you may find many of the homes or apartments are empty.

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 Four Oaks, the Blackmon Crossroads / Oak Forest neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Real Estate

The Blackmon Crossroads / Oak Forest neighborhood stands out for having the majority of its residential real estate made up of mobile homes. In fact, 52.3% of the occupied real estate here are mobile homes, which is a greater proportion than is found in 99.2% of the neighborhoods in the U.S. If you like mobile homes, this might be a great neighborhood in which to look for real estate.

People

If you're planning where to retire, the Blackmon Crossroads / Oak Forest neighborhood in Four Oaks is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in NC, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 89.4% of the neighborhoods in North Carolina. If you are considering retiring to North Carolina, this is a good neighborhood to look at.

Diversity

Did you know that the Blackmon Crossroads / Oak Forest neighborhood has more Scots-Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Scots-Irish 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 Blackmon Crossroads / Oak Forest neighborhood in Four Oaks are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 73.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 16.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 63.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.

In the Blackmon Crossroads / Oak Forest neighborhood, 34.5% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 24.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (24.1%), and 17.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the Blackmon Crossroads / Oak Forest neighborhood is English, spoken by 86.3% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (13.7%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Blackmon Crossroads / Oak Forest neighborhood in Four Oaks, NC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (17.3%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (5.4%), and residents who report Scots-Irish roots (4.9%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (2.3%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (1.5%), among others.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – 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 Blackmon Crossroads / Oak Forest neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (47.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (87.8%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. 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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