Lawrence / Union Hill median real estate price is $406,175, which is more expensive than 58.7% of the neighborhoods in Minnesota and 53.5% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Lawrence / Union Hill is currently $2,324, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. The average rental cost in this neighborhood is higher than 79.3% of the neighborhoods in Minnesota.
Lawrence / Union Hill is a rural neighborhood (based on population density) located in Belle Plaine, Minnesota.
Lawrence / Union Hill real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to large (four, five or more 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 Lawrence / Union Hill neighborhood are newer, built in 2000 or more recently. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.
In Lawrence / Union Hill, the current vacancy rate is 2.2%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 85.4% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in Lawrence / Union Hill 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 Belle Plaine, the Lawrence / Union Hill neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Did you know that the Lawrence / Union Hill neighborhood has more Norwegian and German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 9.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Norwegian ancestry and 38.5% have German ancestry.
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 Lawrence / Union Hill neighborhood in Belle Plaine are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 78.6% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.4% 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 80.2% of America'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 Lawrence / Union Hill neighborhood, 34.5% 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 27.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (20.0%), 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 Lawrence / Union Hill neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.1% of households.
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 Lawrence / Union Hill neighborhood in Belle Plaine, MN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (38.5%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (14.2%), and residents who report Norwegian roots (9.3%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (6.3%), along with some French ancestry residents (4.3%), 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 Lawrence / Union Hill neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (30.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (86.7%) 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 (7.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.