Forestbrook Dr / Sherwood Cir median real estate price is $599,196, which is more expensive than 87.0% of the neighborhoods in North Carolina and 74.6% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Forestbrook Dr / Sherwood Cir is currently $2,220, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. The average rental cost in this neighborhood is higher than 70.9% of the neighborhoods in North Carolina.
Forestbrook Dr / Sherwood Cir is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Gastonia, North Carolina.
Forestbrook Dr / Sherwood Cir real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to large (four, five or more bedroom) single-family homes and apartment complexes/high-rise apartments. Most of the residential real estate is owner occupied. Many of the residences in the Forestbrook Dr / Sherwood Cir neighborhood are established but not old, having been built between 1970 and 1999. A number of residences were also built between 2000 and the present.
In Forestbrook Dr / Sherwood Cir, the current vacancy rate is 2.1%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 85.6% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in Forestbrook Dr / Sherwood Cir is very tight compared to the demand for property here.
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.
In a nation where 1 out of every 4 children lives in poverty, the Forestbrook Dr / Sherwood Cir neighborhood stands out as being ranked among the lowest 0.0% of neighborhoods affected by this global issue.
In addition, priests and therapists would like to think they know the secrets to a truly successful marriage, but according to NeighborhoodScout's research, the folks of the Forestbrook Dr / Sherwood Cir neighborhood may actually hold the key. 70.6% of its residents are married, which is a higher percentage than is found in 96.8% of the neighborhoods in America.
Also, a majority of the adults in the Forestbrook Dr / Sherwood Cir neighborhood are wealthy and educated executives. They own stately homes that tend to maintain high real estate appreciation rates. Their upper-level careers keep them busy, but allow them to live comfortably. If you're an executive and want to keep similar company, consider settling in this neighborhood, rated as an executive lifestyle "best choice" neighborhood for North Carolina by NeighborhoodScout's analysis, which rated it as better for executive lifestyles than 96.7% of the neighborhoods in North Carolina. In addition to being an excellent choice for highly educated executives, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for families with school-aged children and urban sophisticates.
The government often provides some of the more stable jobs in the economy. From local, to state, to federal government workers, the government can also be a major employer. What NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed, is that the Forestbrook Dr / Sherwood Cir neighborhood in particular stands out when compared nationally for the proportion of its working residents who are employed by the government. At 19.6% of its workforce, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of government workers than 98.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Owner-occupied real estate dominates the Forestbrook Dr / Sherwood Cir neighborhood. In fact, according to NeighborhoodScout research, the percentage of residential real estate occupied by its owner is higher here than in 95.2% of neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the Forestbrook Dr / Sherwood Cir neighborhood has more English and French ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 32.1% of this neighborhood's residents have English ancestry and 9.8% have French ancestry.
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 Forestbrook Dr / Sherwood Cir neighborhood in Gastonia are wealthy, making it among the 15% highest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 88.8% 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.
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 Forestbrook Dr / Sherwood Cir neighborhood, 60.4% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions, with 19.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.0%), and 14.1% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The most common language spoken in the Forestbrook Dr / Sherwood Cir neighborhood is English, spoken by 88.2% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (7.9%).
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 Forestbrook Dr / Sherwood Cir neighborhood in Gastonia, NC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (32.1%). There are also a number of people of French ancestry (9.8%), and residents who report German roots (9.4%), and some of the residents are also of South American ancestry (5.1%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (3.4%), among others.
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 Forestbrook Dr / Sherwood Cir neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (47.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (67.2%) 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 (7.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.