S Lakeshore Dr / Lake Laurie Dr median real estate price is $368,877, which is more expensive than 57.4% of the neighborhoods in Georgia and 50.3% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in S Lakeshore Dr / Lake Laurie Dr is currently $2,004, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 56.7% of Georgia neighborhoods.
S Lakeshore Dr / Lake Laurie Dr is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Valdosta, Georgia.
S Lakeshore Dr / Lake Laurie Dr 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 occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Many of the residences in the S Lakeshore Dr / Lake Laurie Dr 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.
S Lakeshore Dr / Lake Laurie Dr has a 12.2% vacancy rate, which is well above average compared to other U.S. neighborhoods (higher than 70.2% of American neighborhoods). Most vacant housing here is vacant year round. This could either signal that there is a weak demand for real estate in the neighborhood or that large amount of new housing has been built and not yet occupied. Either way, if you live here, you may find many of the homes or apartments are empty.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the S Lakeshore Dr / Lake Laurie Dr neighborhood stands out by having 92.3% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 98.4% of all American neighborhoods.
With 3.7% of employed workers living in the S Lakeshore Dr / Lake Laurie Dr neighborhood active in the military, this neighborhood has the distinction of having a higher proportion of people in the military than 98.2% of American neighborhoods. This is a major shaper of the neighborhood's culture and character.
NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that the S Lakeshore Dr / Lake Laurie Dr neighborhood has a greater concentration of residents currently enrolled in college than 95.5% of the neighborhoods in the U.S. With 11.4% of the population here attending college, this is very much a college-focused neighborhood.
In addition, if you're nearing retirement age, or in retirement, the S Lakeshore Dr / Lake Laurie Dr is an excellent choice for you to consider for top-quality retirement living. This neighborhood is rated by NeighborhoodScout as among the top 7.8% of retiree-friendly neighborhoods in Georgia, combining peace and quiet, safety from crime, and offering diverse housing options from which retirees can choose. Maybe it's because of these amenities that a large proportion of the residents here are college educated seniors, mixed with other age groups. For these and other reasons, NeighborhoodScout identifies this neighborhood as a top-notch place to consider if you are thinking of or planning to retire in Georgia.
Did you know that the S Lakeshore Dr / Lake Laurie Dr neighborhood has more British and Welsh ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.4% of this neighborhood's residents have British ancestry and 2.4% have Welsh ancestry.
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 S Lakeshore Dr / Lake Laurie Dr neighborhood in Valdosta are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 75.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 3.6% 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 69.3% of America'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 S Lakeshore Dr / Lake Laurie Dr neighborhood, 57.6% 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 20.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (13.8%), and 8.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the S Lakeshore Dr / Lake Laurie Dr neighborhood is English, spoken by 92.0% of households. Some people also speak Langs. of India (2.7%).
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 S Lakeshore Dr / Lake Laurie Dr neighborhood in Valdosta, GA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (17.3%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (10.3%), and residents who report Italian roots (8.8%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (8.5%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (4.6%), 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 S Lakeshore Dr / Lake Laurie Dr neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (59.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (92.3%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.