Larchmont / Battle Hill median real estate price is $534,088, which is more expensive than 43.8% of the neighborhoods in New Jersey and 69.2% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Larchmont / Battle Hill is currently $3,372, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 41.7% of New Jersey neighborhoods.
Larchmont / Battle Hill is an urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Union, New Jersey.
Larchmont / Battle 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 small apartment buildings. Most of the residential real estate is owner occupied. Many of the residences in the Larchmont / Battle Hill neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built before 1940.
In Larchmont / Battle Hill, the current vacancy rate is 0.7%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 92.4% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in Larchmont / Battle Hill is very tight compared to the demand for property here.
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.
The Larchmont / Battle Hill neighborhood stands out within New Jersey for its college student friendly environment. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that this neighborhood is home to a number of college students, is relatively walkable, and above average in safety. In combination, this makes it stand out for a good place for college students to consider. Because a number of college students live here, this neighborhood may be close to a college campus and offer certain amenities nearby geared towards the student body. While it's not an environment for everyone, ambitious scholars can enjoy seasonal excitement between semesters and school breaks, and parents can rest easy knowing that the area has an above average safety rating. For each of these reasons, the neighborhood is rated among the top 6.5% of college-friendly places to live in NJ.
Did you know that the Larchmont / Battle Hill neighborhood has more Sub-Saharan African and Haitian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 26.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Sub-Saharan African ancestry and 5.7% have Haitian ancestry.
Larchmont / Battle Hill is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 6.2% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Portuguese at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.5% of the neighborhoods in America.
Some neighborhoods have more internal cohesiveness than others. While other neighborhoods feel like a collection of strangers who just happen to live near each other. Sometimes this comes down to not only the personalities of the people in a place, but how long people have been together in that neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research has revealed some interesting things about the rootedness of people in the Larchmont / Battle Hill neighborhood. What is interesting to note, is that the Larchmont / Battle Hill neighborhood has a greater percentage of residents born in another country (45.5%) than are found in 96.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
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 Larchmont / Battle Hill neighborhood in Union are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 79.8% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.5% 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 80.0% 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 Larchmont / Battle Hill neighborhood, 52.9% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 20.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (15.9%), and 11.2% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
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 Larchmont / Battle Hill neighborhood is English, spoken by 44.2% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic and Tagalog (the first language of the Philippine region).
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 Larchmont / Battle Hill neighborhood in Union, NJ, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Sub-Saharan African (26.0%). There are also a number of people of Asian ancestry (7.8%), and residents who report Italian roots (6.3%), and some of the residents are also of Haitian ancestry (5.7%), along with some South American ancestry residents (5.2%), among others. In addition, 45.5% 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 Larchmont / Battle Hill neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (43.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (82.5%) 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 (9.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.