Bloomington Heights / Gibsontown median real estate price is $259,539, which is more expensive than 36.4% of the neighborhoods in Tennessee and 30.4% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Bloomington Heights / Gibsontown is currently $1,192, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 85.6% of Tennessee neighborhoods.
Bloomington Heights / Gibsontown is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Kingsport, Tennessee.
Bloomington Heights / Gibsontown real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) single-family homes and apartment complexes/high-rise apartments. Most of the residential real estate is occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Many of the residences in the Bloomington Heights / Gibsontown neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.
Home and apartment vacancy rates are 9.2% in Bloomington Heights / Gibsontown. NeighborhoodScout analysis shows that this rate is lower than 40.7% of the neighborhoods in the nation, approximately near the middle range for vacancies.
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.
The Bloomington Heights / Gibsontown neighborhood stands out for having an average per capita income lower than 97.8% of the neighborhoods in the United States.
In addition, single parenting is hard. But you don't have to tell the Bloomington Heights / Gibsontown neighborhood about it; they already know. 20.2% of this neighborhood's households are run by single mothers, which is a higher concentration than NeighborhoodScout found in 97.2% 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.
Whether walking, biking, riding, or driving, the length of one's commute is an important factor for one's quality of life. The Bloomington Heights / Gibsontown neighborhood stands out for its commute length, according to NeighborhoodScout's analysis. Residents of the Bloomington Heights / Gibsontown neighborhood have the pleasure of having one of the shortest commutes to work of any neighborhood in America. 65.6% of the residents have a commute time from home to work (one way) of less than fifteen minutes. This is a higher proportion of residents enjoying a short trip to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 97.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. Less time commuting means more time for other things in life.
Did you know that the Bloomington Heights / Gibsontown neighborhood has more English ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 22.9% of this neighborhood's residents have English ancestry.
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 Bloomington Heights / Gibsontown neighborhood in Kingsport are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 97.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 45.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 92.3% 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 Bloomington Heights / Gibsontown neighborhood, 35.5% 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 26.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (19.3%), and 18.8% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The most common language spoken in the Bloomington Heights / Gibsontown neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.3% of households.
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 Bloomington Heights / Gibsontown neighborhood in Kingsport, TN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (22.9%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (16.5%), and residents who report German roots (16.4%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (5.9%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (5.0%), among others.
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 Bloomington Heights / Gibsontown neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (65.6% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (74.6%) 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 (14.3%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.