LaFayette North median real estate price is $279,851, which is more expensive than 38.9% of the neighborhoods in Georgia and 35.8% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in LaFayette North is currently $1,360, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 84.8% of Georgia neighborhoods.
LaFayette North is a rural neighborhood (based on population density) located in LaFayette, Georgia.
LaFayette North 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 LaFayette North neighborhood are newer, built in 2000 or more recently. A number of residences were also built between 1940 and 1969.
In LaFayette North, the current vacancy rate is 2.9%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 80.9% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in LaFayette North is very tight compared to the demand for property here.
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 LaFayette, the LaFayette North neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
There are more people living in the LaFayette North neighborhood employed as sales and service workers (56.9%) than almost any neighborhood in the country. From fast-food service workers to major sales accounts, sales and service workers make up the largest proportion of our national employment picture. But despite that size and importance nationally, this neighborhood still stands out as unique due to the dominance of people living here who work in such occupations.
The LaFayette North neighborhood stands out for having an average per capita income lower than 97.0% of the neighborhoods in the United States.
Did you know that the LaFayette North neighborhood has more Scots-Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 6.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Scots-Irish ancestry.
LaFayette North is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 4.6% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Korean at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.8% 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 LaFayette North neighborhood in LaFayette are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 97.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 39.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 88.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the LaFayette North neighborhood, 43.1% 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 27.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (22.7%), and 6.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the LaFayette North neighborhood is English, spoken by 88.8% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Korean and Spanish.
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 LaFayette North neighborhood in LaFayette, GA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (13.3%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (8.6%), and residents who report German roots (7.0%), and some of the residents are also of Asian ancestry (6.5%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (6.5%), 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 LaFayette North neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (54.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (83.9%) 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 (11.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.