20th Avenue Dr NE / 29th Avenue Dr NE median real estate price is $308,503, which is more expensive than 46.7% of the neighborhoods in North Carolina and 39.7% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in 20th Avenue Dr NE / 29th Avenue Dr NE is currently $1,805, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 49.7% of North Carolina neighborhoods.
20th Avenue Dr NE / 29th Avenue Dr NE is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Hickory, North Carolina.
20th Avenue Dr NE / 29th Avenue Dr NE real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four 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 20th Avenue Dr NE / 29th Avenue Dr NE 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.
Home and apartment vacancy rates are 9.3% in 20th Avenue Dr NE / 29th Avenue Dr NE. NeighborhoodScout analysis shows that this rate is lower than 41.5% of the neighborhoods in the nation, approximately near the middle range for vacancies.
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 Hickory, the 20th Avenue Dr NE / 29th Avenue Dr NE neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
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 20th Avenue Dr NE / 29th Avenue Dr NE neighborhood in Hickory are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 89.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 22.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 72.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the 20th Avenue Dr NE / 29th Avenue Dr NE neighborhood, 28.4% 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 27.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (26.9%), and 17.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the 20th Avenue Dr NE / 29th Avenue Dr NE neighborhood is English, spoken by 87.4% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (7.9%).
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 20th Avenue Dr NE / 29th Avenue Dr NE neighborhood in Hickory, NC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (14.2%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (11.9%), and residents who report Irish roots (9.6%), and some of the residents are also of Asian ancestry (7.4%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (7.4%), among others.
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 20th Avenue Dr NE / 29th Avenue Dr NE neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (46.2% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (78.1%) 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 (18.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.