South Hagerstown median real estate price is $291,724, which is less expensive than 80.1% of Maryland neighborhoods and 62.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
The average rental price in South Hagerstown is currently $1,351, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 96.7% of Maryland neighborhoods.
South Hagerstown is an urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Hagerstown, Maryland.
South Hagerstown real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) townhomes and apartment complexes/high-rise apartments. Most of the residential real estate is renter occupied. Many of the residences in the South Hagerstown neighborhood are relatively historic, built no later than 1939, and in some cases, quite a bit earlier. A number of residences were also built between 1940 and 1969.
Home and apartment vacancy rates are 9.0% in South Hagerstown. NeighborhoodScout analysis shows that this rate is lower than 43.0% 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.
In the South Hagerstown neighborhood, carpooling is still a popular way to get to and from work. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that 32.5% of commuters carpool here, which is more than in 99.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
If you love row houses and attached homes, you will probably really like the South Hagerstown neighborhood. The ambiance, the charm, of row houses is something special. And in sheer abundance of row houses, this neighborhood truly stands out. The real estate here has a higher proportion of row houses and attached homes than nearly any neighborhood in America. In fact, 44.9% of the residential real estate here is classified as row houses and attached homes.
In addition, if you find historic homes and neighborhoods attractive, you love the details, the history, and the charm, then you are sure to be interested in this neighborhood. With 58.8% of the residential real estate in the South Hagerstown neighborhood built no later than 1939, and some built considerably earlier, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of historic residences than 96.2% of all neighborhoods in America. In this regard, this neighborhood truly stands out as special.
The South Hagerstown neighborhood stands out for having an average per capita income lower than 96.4% of the neighborhoods in the United States. The South Hagerstown neighborhood also has a greater percentage of children living in poverty (68.0%) than found in 98.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods. Children living in poverty is one of the challenges facing America, and the world, and in this neighborhood in particular, the problem can be considered acute.
In addition, with a nice mix of college students, safety from crime, and decent walkability, the South Hagerstown neighborhood rates highly as a college student friendly place to live, and one that college students and their parents may want to consider. NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that it rates more highly for a good place for college students to live than 88.4% of the neighborhoods in MD. This often also means that the area has certain amenities and services geared towards college students, from undergraduates to graduate students.
American households most often have a car, and regularly they have two or three. But households in the South Hagerstown neighborhood buck this trend. 20.8% of the households in this neighborhood don't own a car at all. This is more carless households than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Significantly, 2.5% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak African languages at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 96.4% 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 South Hagerstown neighborhood in Hagerstown are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 96.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 68.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 98.3% 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 South Hagerstown neighborhood, 34.1% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 31.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (27.5%), and 6.8% 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 South Hagerstown neighborhood is English, spoken by 84.7% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Italian and African languages.
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 South Hagerstown neighborhood in Hagerstown, MD, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (14.4%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (6.9%), and residents who report Puerto Rican roots (5.2%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (4.4%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (2.3%), among others. In addition, 10.4% 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 South Hagerstown neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (36.5% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (55.1%) 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 (32.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.