Coxey / Lawngate median real estate price is $403,603, which is more expensive than 86.0% of the neighborhoods in Alabama and 54.8% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Coxey / Lawngate is currently $1,451, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 55.4% of Alabama neighborhoods.
Coxey / Lawngate is a remote neighborhood (based on population density) located in Athens, Alabama.
Coxey / Lawngate 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 Coxey / Lawngate neighborhood are established but not old, having been built between 1970 and 1999. A number of residences were also built between 2000 and the present.
Coxey / Lawngate has a 15.7% vacancy rate, which is well above average compared to other U.S. neighborhoods (higher than 79.6% of American neighborhoods). A relatively large percentage of housing here is seasonally occupied (15.7%), which can occur in some markets dominated by colleges or vacation homes. If you live here year round, you will find many of the homes or apartments are empty for all or a portion of the year.
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 Athens, the Coxey / Lawngate neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
If you are planning to retire in Alabama, this neighborhood should be on your must-see list. For many reasons, Coxey / Lawngate may be considered a retiree's dream neighborhood. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and metrics, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety from crime compared to other neighborhoods in Alabama, while also offering a diverse range of housing options. This, along with the vibrant mix of very educated seniors and other age groups who choose to live here, makes the neighborhood more retiree-friendly than 99.6% of neighborhoods in AL. If a Alabama retirement is in your future, this neighborhood should be one of the places you visit.
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 Coxey / Lawngate neighborhood live here today that also were living in this same neighborhood five years ago than is found in 98.5% 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.
Significantly, 1.4% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Japanese at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.4% of the neighborhoods in America.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the Coxey / Lawngate neighborhood in Athens are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 64.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 34.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 85.2% 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 Coxey / Lawngate neighborhood, 39.2% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 31.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (16.3%), and 13.5% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the Coxey / Lawngate neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.1% 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 Coxey / Lawngate neighborhood in Athens, AL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (10.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (9.2%), and residents who report English roots (8.5%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (5.4%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (4.4%), among others.
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 Coxey / Lawngate neighborhood spend between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (40.9% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (79.2%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also ride the bus to get to work (5.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.