Lowe / Moss Neck median real estate price is $135,945, which is less expensive than 91.7% of North Carolina neighborhoods and 90.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
The average rental price in Lowe / Moss Neck is currently $1,262, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 82.8% of North Carolina neighborhoods.
Lowe / Moss Neck is a rural neighborhood (based on population density) located in Lumberton, North Carolina.
Lowe / Moss Neck real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to small (studio to two bedroom) mobile homes and single-family homes. Most of the residential real estate is occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Many of the residences in the Lowe / Moss Neck 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.
Lowe / Moss Neck has a 10.3% vacancy rate, which is well above average compared to other U.S. neighborhoods (higher than 64.0% 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.
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 Lumberton, the Lowe / Moss Neck neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
The Lowe / Moss Neck neighborhood stands out for having the majority of its residential real estate made up of mobile homes. In fact, 60.6% of the occupied real estate here are mobile homes, which is a greater proportion than is found in 99.6% of the neighborhoods in the U.S. If you like mobile homes, this might be a great neighborhood in which to look for real estate.
Our research reveals that 93.5% of commuters who live in the Lowe / Moss Neck neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 99.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Of note, 69.7% of the children in this area live in poverty; an extraordinarily high percentage compared to other neighborhoods in the nation. In a nation where approximately one in four children grows up in poverty, this neighborhood stands out for the depth of the problem manifested here.
Did you know that the Lowe / Moss Neck neighborhood has more Native American ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 55.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American 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 Lowe / Moss Neck neighborhood in Lumberton are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 93.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 69.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 98.6% 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 Lowe / Moss Neck neighborhood, 39.8% 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 21.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (21.4%), and 17.4% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the Lowe / Moss Neck neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.8% of households.
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 Lowe / Moss Neck neighborhood in Lumberton, NC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Native American (55.8%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (2.1%), and residents who report Asian roots (1.5%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (1.4%), along with some English ancestry residents (1.1%), 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 Lowe / Moss Neck neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (49.0% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (93.5%) 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.