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Real Estate Prices & Overview

Garfield Heights South median real estate price is $169,189, which is less expensive than 64.7% of Ohio neighborhoods and 82.9% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

The average rental price in Garfield Heights South is currently $1,165, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 75.6% of Ohio neighborhoods.

Garfield Heights South is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Garfield Heights, Ohio.

Garfield Heights South 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 owner occupied. Many of the residences in the Garfield Heights South neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.

In Garfield Heights South, the current vacancy rate is 0.7%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 92.4% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in Garfield Heights South is very tight compared to the demand for property here.

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 Garfield Heights, the Garfield Heights South neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Diversity

Did you know that the Garfield Heights South neighborhood has more Slovak and Sub-Saharan African ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Slovak ancestry and 11.1% 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 Garfield Heights South neighborhood in Garfield Heights are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 44.9% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 8.1% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 55.6% of America'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 Garfield Heights South neighborhood, 35.3% 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 manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 24.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (23.6%), and 16.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the Garfield Heights South neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.6% of households.

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 Garfield Heights South neighborhood in Garfield Heights, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Sub-Saharan African (11.1%). There are also a number of people of Polish ancestry (7.0%), and residents who report Italian roots (6.4%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (4.8%), along with some German ancestry residents (4.6%), 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 Garfield Heights South neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (47.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (80.9%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (13.4%) . 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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