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Real Estate Prices & Overview

Highview Hills / Stoney Ridge median real estate price is $71,999, which is less expensive than 93.9% of Ohio neighborhoods and 97.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

The average rental price in Highview Hills / Stoney Ridge is currently $1,002, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 92.7% of Ohio neighborhoods.

Highview Hills / Stoney Ridge is a rural neighborhood (based on population density) located in Dayton, Ohio.

Highview Hills / Stoney Ridge real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to small (studio to two bedroom) single-family homes and apartment complexes/high-rise apartments. Most of the residential real estate is renter occupied. Many of the residences in the Highview Hills / Stoney Ridge neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.

Vacant apartments or homes are a major fact of life in Highview Hills / Stoney Ridge. The current real estate vacancy rate here is 19.1%. This is higher than the rate of vacancies in 85.6% of all U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, most vacant housing here is vacant year round. This can sometimes be the case in neighborhoods dominated by new construction that is not yet occupied. But often neighborhoods with vacancy rates this high are places that can be plagued by a protracted vacancy problem. If you live here, you may find that a number of buildings in your neighborhood are actually empty.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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 Dayton, the Highview Hills / Stoney Ridge neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

People

Single parenting is hard. But you don't have to tell the Highview Hills / Stoney Ridge neighborhood about it; they already know. 31.6% of this neighborhood's households are run by single mothers, which is a higher concentration than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.6% of American neighborhoods. Further NeighborhoodScout research showed strong statistical correlations among high rates of children living in single parent households, and neighborhood crime, particularly violent crime, neighborhood poverty, and, importantly, the percentage of low weight births and rates of infant mortality.

In addition, the Highview Hills / Stoney Ridge neighborhood stands out for having an average per capita income lower than 98.2% of the neighborhoods in the United States. The Highview Hills / Stoney Ridge neighborhood also has a greater percentage of children living in poverty (74.7%) than found in 99.0% 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.

Also, the Highview Hills / Stoney Ridge neighborhood is unique for having just 1.4% of adults here having earned a bachelor's degree. This is a lower rate of college graduates than NeighborhoodScout found in 98.8% of America's neighborhoods.

Modes of Transportation

Our research revealed that more commuters here take the bus to work (10.5% ride the bus) than 95.1% 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.

Diversity

Did you know that the Highview Hills / Stoney Ridge neighborhood has more African and Sub-Saharan African ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 16.0% of this neighborhood's residents have African ancestry and 16.0% have Sub-Saharan African ancestry.

The Neighbors

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 Highview Hills / Stoney Ridge neighborhood in Dayton are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 98.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 74.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 99.0% 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 Highview Hills / Stoney Ridge neighborhood, 41.1% of the working population is employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 31.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (13.8%), and 13.6% in executive, management, and professional occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the Highview Hills / Stoney Ridge neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.9% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.1%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Highview Hills / Stoney Ridge neighborhood in Dayton, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Sub-Saharan African (16.0%). There are also a number of people of African ancestry (16.0%), and residents who report Irish roots (4.7%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (2.9%), along with some Puerto Rican ancestry residents (1.8%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 Highview Hills / Stoney Ridge neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (41.5% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (81.4%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also ride the bus to get to work (10.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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