Montclair Heights / Hamilton Crest median real estate price is $618,783, which is more expensive than 52.1% of the neighborhoods in New Jersey and 71.0% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Montclair Heights / Hamilton Crest is currently $4,751, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. The average rental cost in this neighborhood is higher than 91.5% of the neighborhoods in New Jersey.
Montclair Heights / Hamilton Crest is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Clifton, New Jersey.
Montclair Heights / Hamilton Crest 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 Montclair Heights / Hamilton Crest neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.
In Montclair Heights / Hamilton Crest, the current vacancy rate is 0.4%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 93.1% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in Montclair Heights / Hamilton Crest is very tight compared to the demand for property here.
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.
Did you know that the Montclair Heights / Hamilton Crest neighborhood has more Ukrainian and South American ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Ukrainian ancestry and 14.7% have South American ancestry.
Montclair Heights / Hamilton Crest is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 2.3% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Korean at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 96.6% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Montclair Heights / Hamilton Crest neighborhood in Clifton 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 91.0% of the neighborhoods in America. With 11.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 53.8% 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 Montclair Heights / Hamilton Crest neighborhood, 48.9% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 22.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (16.7%), and 11.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the Montclair Heights / Hamilton Crest neighborhood is English, spoken by 62.1% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Polish, Langs. of India and Korean.
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 Montclair Heights / Hamilton Crest neighborhood in Clifton, NJ, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Italian (22.3%). There are also a number of people of Asian ancestry (15.7%), and residents who report South American roots (14.7%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (11.2%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (8.2%), among others. In addition, 25.5% 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 Montclair Heights / Hamilton Crest neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (32.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (71.7%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also ride the bus to get to work (7.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.