42nd Ave / 108th St median real estate price is $1,064,909, which is more expensive than 73.0% of the neighborhoods in New York and 90.1% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in 42nd Ave / 108th St is currently $3,236, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 41.2% of New York neighborhoods.
42nd Ave / 108th St is a densely urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Queens, New York.
42nd Ave / 108th St real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) small apartment buildings and apartment complexes/high-rise apartments. Most of the residential real estate is renter occupied. Many of the residences in the 42nd Ave / 108th St neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.
Real estate vacancies in 42nd Ave / 108th St are 2.9%, which is lower than one will find in 79.6% of American neighborhoods. Demand for real estate in 42nd Ave / 108th St 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 Queens, the 42nd Ave / 108th St neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
If you like to ride the train to work, this neighborhood may be for you. NeighborhoodScout's research revealed that 58.9% of the 42nd Ave / 108th St neighborhood's commuters ride the train to and from work each day, which is more than we found in 99.9% of America's neighborhoods.
Also, our research revealed that more commuters here take the bus to work (16.3% ride the bus) than 97.9% 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.
Three-deckers, duplexes, old Victorian homes cut up into apartments. Independent stores on the corner selling pizza. These are some of the hallmarks of neighborhoods with lots of small 2, 3, and 4 unit apartment buildings. The 42nd Ave / 108th St neighborhood really stands out in this regard, however, as it is dominated by such small apartment buildings more than nearly any other neighborhood in America. This is a stunning visual and lifestyle example of this type of neighborhood. In fact, 72.9% of the real estate here are small 2, 3, or 4 unit apartment buildings, which is a higher proportion than found in 99.8% of America's 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 80,900 people per square mile, it is more densely populated than 99.4% of America's neighborhoods.
Furthermore, renter-occupied real estate is dominant in the 42nd Ave / 108th St neighborhood. The percentage of rental real estate here, according to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, is 87.9%, which is higher than 96.2% of the neighborhoods in America. If you were to buy and live in the property you bought here, you would be almost alone in doing so.
We Americans love our cars. Not only are they a necessity for most Americans due to the shape of our neighborhoods and the distances between where we live, work, shop, and go to school, but we also fancy them. As a result, most households in America have one, two, or three cars. But NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis shows that the 42nd Ave / 108th St neighborhood has a highly unusual pattern of car ownership. 66.5% of the households in this neighborhood don't own a car at all. This is more carless households than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.
NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research identifies the 42nd Ave / 108th St neighborhood as having one of the highest concentrations of people employed in manufacturing or as laborers of any neighborhood in America. In fact, despite the loss of manufacturing jobs nationally, this neighborhood has 46.7% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 98.0% of American neighborhoods.
Do you like to be surrounded by people from all over the country or world, with different perspectives and life experiences? Or do you instead prefer to be in a neighborhood where most residents have lived there for a long time, creating a sense of cohesiveness? NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that this neighborhood stands out among American neighborhoods for the uniqueness of the mobility of its residents. More residents of the 42nd Ave / 108th St neighborhood live here today that also were living in this same neighborhood five years ago than is found in 97.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. This neighborhood is really made up of people who know each other, don't move often, and have lived here in this very neighborhood for quite a while. What is interesting to note, is that the 42nd Ave / 108th St neighborhood has a greater percentage of residents born in another country (68.5%) than are found in 99.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the 42nd Ave / 108th St neighborhood has more South American and Dominican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 21.7% of this neighborhood's residents have South American ancestry and 6.6% have Dominican ancestry.
42nd Ave / 108th St is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 68.7% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 97.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
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 42nd Ave / 108th St neighborhood in Queens are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 94.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 15.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 62.8% 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 42nd Ave / 108th St neighborhood, 46.7% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer 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 36.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (8.8%), and 8.1% in executive, management, and professional occupations.
Languages
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 42nd Ave / 108th St neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 68.7% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese, English and Tagalog (the first language of the Philippine region).
Ethnicity / Ancestry
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the 42nd Ave / 108th St neighborhood in Queens, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (33.1%). There are also a number of people of Asian ancestry (30.0%), and residents who report South American roots (21.7%), and some of the residents are also of Dominican ancestry (6.6%). In addition, 68.5% 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 42nd Ave / 108th St neighborhood spend between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (57.1% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (58.9%) take the train to get to work. In addition, quite a number also ride the bus to get to work (16.3%) and 10.3% of residents also drive alone in a private automobile 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.
