Union City, NJ (Monastery Pl / New York Ave)

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 Monastery Pl / New York Ave neighborhood in Union City are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 67.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 14.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 60.9% of U.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 Monastery Pl / New York Ave neighborhood, 33.7% 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 31.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (17.7%), and 17.6% in executive, management, and professional occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the Monastery Pl / New York Ave neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 78.8% of households. Some people also speak English (14.8%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the Monastery Pl / New York Ave neighborhood in Union City, NJ, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as South American (28.1%). There are also a number of people of Dominican ancestry (12.5%), and residents who report Mexican roots (10.5%), and some of the residents are also of Puerto Rican ancestry (10.2%), along with some Cuban ancestry residents (8.6%), among others. In addition, 53.7% 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 Monastery Pl / New York Ave neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (49.6% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (40.8%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also ride the bus to get to work (32.0%) and 10.6% of residents also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.