E 21st St / Glenwood Rd median real estate price is $1,292,721, which is more expensive than 83.0% of the neighborhoods in New York and 94.7% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in E 21st St / Glenwood Rd is currently $3,385, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. The average rental cost in this neighborhood is higher than 63.6% of the neighborhoods in New York.
E 21st St / Glenwood Rd is a densely urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Brooklyn, New York.
E 21st St / Glenwood Rd real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) apartment complexes/high-rise apartments and single-family homes. Most of the residential real estate is renter occupied. Many of the residences in the E 21st St / Glenwood Rd neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built before 1940.
E 21st St / Glenwood Rd has a 10.6% vacancy rate, which is well above average compared to other U.S. neighborhoods (higher than 65.3% 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.
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.
More people ride the bus in this neighborhood each day to get to work than 99.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Also, if you like to ride the train to work, this neighborhood may be for you. NeighborhoodScout's research revealed that 22.1% of the E 21st St / Glenwood Rd neighborhood's commuters ride the train to and from work each day, which is more than we found in 97.6% of America's neighborhoods.
The E 21st St / Glenwood Rd neighborhood is very densely populated compared to most U.S. neighborhoods. In fact, with 62,415 persons per square mile in the neighborhood, it is more packed with people than 98.9% of the nation's neighborhoods. Being a walkable neighborhood can help increase property values for the simple reason that people enjoy it and value it. To put it plainly, despite our love affair with the automobile, American's enjoy taking to the streets, sidewalks, paths, and courtyards of a place to get a coffee, relax, and take in the sights and sounds. And, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive and first quantitative walkable score index, the E 21st St / Glenwood Rd neighborhood is one of the most walkable neighborhoods in America.
In addition, the real estate in the E 21st St / Glenwood Rd neighborhood really stands out in the way it looks for a unique reason: this neighborhood has a higher proportion of apartment complexes or high-rise apartments than nearly every neighborhood in the country. Most neighborhoods are a mixture of real estate and housing types, but here it is almost entirely dominated by big apartment buildings and complexes. In fact, 74.9% of the real estate here is classified as apartment complexes or high-rise apartments, which is more than is found in 95.9% of American neighborhoods.
American households most often have a car, and regularly they have two or three. But households in the E 21st St / Glenwood Rd neighborhood buck this trend. 44.5% of the households in this neighborhood don't own a car at all. This is more carless households than NeighborhoodScout found in 98.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.
NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that the E 21st St / Glenwood Rd neighborhood has a greater concentration of residents currently enrolled in college than 95.6% of the neighborhoods in the U.S. With 11.2% of the population here attending college, this is very much a college-focused neighborhood.
In addition, with a nice mix of college students, safety from crime, and decent walkability, the E 21st St / Glenwood Rd neighborhood rates highly as a college student friendly place to live, and one that college students and their parents may want to consider. NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that it rates more highly for a good place for college students to live than 89.6% of the neighborhoods in NY. This often also means that the area has certain amenities and services geared towards college students, from undergraduates to graduate students.
Did you know that the E 21st St / Glenwood Rd neighborhood has more Haitian and Jamaican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 26.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Haitian ancestry and 9.5% have Jamaican ancestry.
E 21st St / Glenwood Rd is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 26.1% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak French at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.9% of the neighborhoods in America.
The freedom of moving to new places versus the comfort of home. How much and how often people move not only can create diverse and worldly neighborhoods, but simultaneously it can produce a loss of intimacy with one's surroundings and a lack of connectedness to one's neighbors. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research has identified this neighborhood as unique with regard to the transience of its populace. What is interesting to note, is that the E 21st St / Glenwood Rd neighborhood has a greater percentage of residents born in another country (45.6%) than are found in 96.2% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
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 E 21st St / Glenwood Rd neighborhood in Brooklyn are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 49.3% of the neighborhoods in America. With 12.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 55.3% 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 E 21st St / Glenwood Rd neighborhood, 41.2% 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 24.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (18.9%), and 15.7% 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 E 21st St / Glenwood Rd neighborhood is English, spoken by 52.8% of households. Other important languages spoken here include French and Spanish.
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 E 21st St / Glenwood Rd neighborhood in Brooklyn, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Haitian (26.9%). There are also a number of people of Jamaican ancestry (9.5%), and residents who report Asian roots (7.2%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (6.1%), along with some Russian ancestry residents (3.9%), among others. In addition, 45.6% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
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 E 21st St / Glenwood Rd neighborhood spend between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (53.0% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (24.8%) ride the bus to get to work. In addition, quite a number also take the train to get to work (22.1%) and 21.0% of residents also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors for their daily commute. The bus provides a valuable service in the E 21st St / Glenwood Rd neighborhood of Brooklyn by getting a lot of residents to and from work daily, reducing the costs of commuting and reducing some congestion on the roads as well.