Tropical Park / Kissimmee Gardens median real estate price is $365,022, which is more expensive than 38.7% of the neighborhoods in Florida and 49.1% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Tropical Park / Kissimmee Gardens is currently $2,825, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. The average rental cost in this neighborhood is higher than 64.0% of the neighborhoods in Florida.
Tropical Park / Kissimmee Gardens is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Kissimmee, Florida.
Tropical Park / Kissimmee Gardens real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) apartment complexes/high-rise apartments and mobile homes. Most of the residential real estate is renter occupied. Many of the residences in the Tropical Park / Kissimmee Gardens neighborhood are newer, built in 2000 or more recently. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.
Real estate vacancies in Tropical Park / Kissimmee Gardens are 5.0%, which is lower than one will find in 65.3% of American neighborhoods. Demand for real estate in Tropical Park / Kissimmee Gardens 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 Kissimmee, the Tropical Park / Kissimmee Gardens neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Did you know that the Tropical Park / Kissimmee Gardens neighborhood has more South American and Puerto Rican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 28.7% of this neighborhood's residents have South American ancestry and 28.6% have Puerto Rican ancestry.
Tropical Park / Kissimmee Gardens is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 1.7% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Urdu, which is the national language of Pakistan, at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.6% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Tropical Park / Kissimmee Gardens neighborhood in Kissimmee are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 85.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 17.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 65.8% 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 Tropical Park / Kissimmee Gardens neighborhood, 31.2% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 26.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (23.9%), and 18.5% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the Tropical Park / Kissimmee Gardens neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 72.3% of households. Some people also speak English (26.2%).
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the Tropical Park / Kissimmee Gardens neighborhood in Kissimmee, FL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as South American (28.7%). There are also a number of people of Puerto Rican ancestry (28.6%), and residents who report Dominican roots (4.3%), and some of the residents are also of Cuban ancestry (4.0%), along with some Jamaican ancestry residents (4.0%), among others. In addition, 38.1% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
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 Tropical Park / Kissimmee Gardens neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (47.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (68.8%) 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 (17.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.