Linden Northwest median real estate price is $617,511, which is more expensive than 53.8% of the neighborhoods in New Jersey and 74.2% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Linden Northwest is currently $3,218, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 43.9% of New Jersey neighborhoods.
Linden Northwest is an urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Linden, New Jersey.
Linden Northwest real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to large (four, five or more bedroom) single-family homes and small apartment buildings. Most of the residential real estate is owner occupied. Many of the residences in the Linden Northwest neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built before 1940.
In Linden Northwest, the current vacancy rate is 2.0%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 85.7% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in Linden Northwest is very tight compared to the demand for property here.
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 Linden, the Linden Northwest neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Owner-occupied real estate dominates the Linden Northwest neighborhood. In fact, according to NeighborhoodScout research, the percentage of residential real estate occupied by its owner is higher here than in 96.5% of neighborhoods in America.
In the Linden Northwest neighborhood, 10.5% of people ride the train to work each day. This is a very high percentage compared to most places. In fact, NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that this is a higher level of train ridership than in 95.6% of the neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the Linden Northwest neighborhood has more South American and Portuguese ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 18.8% of this neighborhood's residents have South American ancestry and 5.0% have Portuguese ancestry.
Linden Northwest is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 6.1% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Portuguese at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.4% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Linden Northwest neighborhood in Linden 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 89.2% of the neighborhoods in America. With 12.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 56.3% 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 Linden Northwest neighborhood, 44.6% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 19.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.2%), and 16.3% 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 Linden Northwest neighborhood is English, spoken by 53.1% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Polish, Portuguese and Langs. of India.
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the Linden Northwest neighborhood in Linden, NJ, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as South American (18.8%). There are also a number of people of Polish ancestry (11.8%), and residents who report Italian roots (7.9%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (7.0%), along with some German ancestry residents (6.3%), among others. In addition, 33.5% 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 Linden Northwest neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (27.0% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (63.9%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also take the train to get to work (10.5%) and 10.4% of residents also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.