W 145th St / Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd median real estate price is $1,146,454, which is more expensive than 76.8% of the neighborhoods in New York and 91.6% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in W 145th St / Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd is currently $2,393, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 63.4% of New York neighborhoods.
W 145th St / Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd is a densely urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in New York, New York.
W 145th St / Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) apartment complexes/high-rise apartments. Most of the residential real estate is renter occupied. Many of the residences in the W 145th St / Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built before 1940.
Real estate vacancies in W 145th St / Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd are 3.8%, which is lower than one will find in 75.1% of American neighborhoods. Demand for real estate in W 145th St / Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd is above average for the U.S., and may signal some demand for either price increases or new construction of residential product for this neighborhood.
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 New York, the W 145th St / Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
The real estate in the W 145th St / Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd 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, 100.0% of the real estate here is classified as apartment complexes or high-rise apartments, which is more than is found in 99.9% of American neighborhoods.
In addition, what you'll find when you visit or move to this neighborhood is one of the most crowded neighborhoods in all of America. With an incredible 115,675 people per square mile, it is more densely populated than 99.8% of America'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 W 145th St / Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd neighborhood is one of the most walkable neighborhoods in America.
Furthermore, 98.1% of the real estate in the W 145th St / Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd neighborhood is occupied by renters, which is nearly the highest rate of renter occupancy of any neighborhood in America.
American households most often have a car, and regularly they have two or three. But households in the W 145th St / Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd neighborhood buck this trend. 79.9% of the households in this neighborhood don't own a car at all. This is more carless households than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Would you like to be able to ride your bike to work? If you are attracted to the idea of getting a little exercise of the two-wheeled type while reducing your carbon footprint, bicycling to work might be the answer. But which neighborhood you live in can make this either impossible, or alternatively, a great and realistic option. NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed that the W 145th St / Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd neighborhood is a fantastic option for bicycle commuters, as 8.2% of commuters here do ride their bikes to and from work on a daily basis. This is a higher amount than we found in 99.4% of the neighborhoods in America.
Also, our research revealed that more commuters here take the bus to work (24.0% ride the bus) than 99.2% of all American neighborhoods. If you like the idea of leaving your car and home and hopping the bus to work, this might be a good neighborhood for you to consider.
Finally, if you like to ride the train to work, this neighborhood may be for you. NeighborhoodScout's research revealed that 45.2% of the W 145th St / Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd neighborhood's commuters ride the train to and from work each day, which is more than we found in 99.1% of America's neighborhoods.
The W 145th St / Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd neighborhood has a greater percentage of children living in poverty (73.5%) than found in 98.9% of all U.S. neighborhoods. Children living in poverty is one of the challenges facing America, and the world, and in this neighborhood in particular, the problem can be considered acute.
Did you know that the W 145th St / Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd neighborhood has more West Indian and Dominican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 0.3% of this neighborhood's residents have West Indian ancestry and 9.7% have Dominican ancestry.
W 145th St / Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 4.4% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak African languages at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.4% 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 W 145th St / Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd neighborhood in New York are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 93.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 73.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 98.9% 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 W 145th St / Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd neighborhood, 32.4% 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 executive, management, and professional occupations, with 25.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (24.8%), and 17.4% in manufacturing and laborer 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 W 145th St / Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd neighborhood is English, spoken by 48.4% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, African languages and French.
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 W 145th St / Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd neighborhood in New York, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (16.4%). There are also a number of people of Sub-Saharan African ancestry (13.2%), and residents who report Dominican roots (9.7%), and some of the residents are also of African ancestry (8.1%), along with some Puerto Rican ancestry residents (7.9%), among others. In addition, 26.7% 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 W 145th St / Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (33.9% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (45.2%) take the train to get to work. In addition, quite a number also ride the bus to get to work (24.0%) and 8.2% of residents also bicycle for their daily commute. This neighborhood is distinguished by the high number of residents who take the train to work each day, which can be a very good way to get to work at a lower cost and with less pollution.