E 176th St / Crotona Ave median real estate price is $829,565, which is more expensive than 63.7% of the neighborhoods in New York and 85.9% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in E 176th St / Crotona Ave is currently $2,377, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 65.1% of New York neighborhoods.
E 176th St / Crotona Ave is a densely urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Bronx, New York.
E 176th St / Crotona Ave real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) apartment complexes/high-rise apartments and small apartment buildings. Most of the residential real estate is renter occupied. Many of the residences in the E 176th St / Crotona Ave neighborhood are established but not old, having been built between 1970 and 1999. A number of residences were also built between 1940 and 1969.
Real estate vacancies in E 176th St / Crotona Ave are 3.8%, which is lower than one will find in 72.8% of American neighborhoods. Demand for real estate in E 176th St / Crotona Ave is above average for the U.S., and may signal some demand for either price increases or new construction of residential product for this neighborhood.
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 E 176th St / Crotona Ave neighborhood stands out for having an average per capita income lower than 99.8% of the neighborhoods in the United States.
In addition, neighborhoodScout's exclusive research revealed that 94.6% of the adult residents in the E 176th St / Crotona Ave neighborhood do not have a 4-year college degree, which is a lower rate of college graduated adults than found in 97.2% of the neighborhoods in America.
Also, single parenting is hard. But you don't have to tell the E 176th St / Crotona Ave neighborhood about it; they already know. 17.9% of this neighborhood's households are run by single mothers, which is a higher concentration than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.6% of American neighborhoods. Further NeighborhoodScout research showed strong statistical correlations among high rates of children living in single parent households, and neighborhood crime, particularly violent crime, neighborhood poverty, and, importantly, the percentage of low weight births and rates of infant mortality.
We Americans love our cars. Not only are they a necessity for most Americans due to the shape of our neighborhoods and the distances between where we live, work, shop, and go to school, but we also fancy them. As a result, most households in America have one, two, or three cars. But NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis shows that the E 176th St / Crotona Ave neighborhood has a highly unusual pattern of car ownership. 64.6% of the households in this neighborhood don't own a car at all. This is more carless households than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.
In the E 176th St / Crotona Ave neighborhood, 38.2% of people ride the train to work each day. This is a very high percentage compared to most places. In fact, NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that this is a higher level of train ridership than in 98.9% of the neighborhoods in America.
Also, our research revealed that more commuters here take the bus to work (17.2% ride the bus) than 98.3% of all American neighborhoods. If you like the idea of leaving your car and home and hopping the bus to work, this might be a good neighborhood for you to consider.
The E 176th St / Crotona Ave neighborhood is very densely populated compared to most U.S. neighborhoods. In fact, with 50,104 persons per square mile in the neighborhood, it is more packed with people than 98.4% of the nation's neighborhoods.
In addition, the real estate in the E 176th St / Crotona Ave neighborhood really stands out in the way it looks for a unique reason: this neighborhood has a higher proportion of apartment complexes or high-rise apartments than nearly every neighborhood in the country. Most neighborhoods are a mixture of real estate and housing types, but here it is almost entirely dominated by big apartment buildings and complexes. In fact, 85.4% of the real estate here is classified as apartment complexes or high-rise apartments, which is more than is found in 97.5% of American neighborhoods.
Furthermore, renter-occupied real estate is dominant in the E 176th St / Crotona Ave neighborhood. The percentage of rental real estate here, according to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, is 89.9%, which is higher than 96.8% of the neighborhoods in America. If you were to buy and live in the property you bought here, you would be almost alone in doing so.
Whether walking, biking, riding, or driving, the length of one's commute is an important factor for one's quality of life. The E 176th St / Crotona Ave neighborhood stands out for its commute length, according to NeighborhoodScout's analysis. Long commutes can be brutal. They take time, money, and energy, leaving less of you for yourself and your family. The residents of the E 176th St / Crotona Ave neighborhood unfortunately have the distinction of having, on average, a longer commute than most any neighborhood in America. 11.0% of commuters here travel more than one hour just one-way to work. That is more than two hours per day. This percentage with two-hour + round-trip commutes is higher than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.7% of all neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the E 176th St / Crotona Ave neighborhood has more Dominican and Puerto Rican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 38.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Dominican ancestry and 34.2% have Puerto Rican ancestry.
E 176th St / Crotona Ave is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 62.8% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 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 E 176th St / Crotona Ave neighborhood in Bronx are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 99.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 48.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 93.7% 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 E 176th St / Crotona Ave neighborhood, 36.2% of the working population is employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 23.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (22.7%), and 16.6% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
Languages
The most common language spoken in the E 176th St / Crotona Ave neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 62.8% of households. Some people also speak English (36.8%).
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 E 176th St / Crotona Ave neighborhood in Bronx, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Dominican (38.2%). There are also a number of people of Puerto Rican ancestry (34.2%), and residents who report Sub-Saharan African roots (1.4%), and some of the residents are also of African ancestry (1.4%), along with some South American ancestry residents (1.3%), among others. In addition, 28.3% 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 E 176th St / Crotona Ave neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (39.9% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods. However, there is also a significant group of residents (11.0%) who commute over an hour in each direction.
Here most residents (38.2%) take the train to get to work. In addition, quite a number also ride the bus to get to work (17.2%) and 16.0% of residents also drive alone in a private automobile for their daily commute. This neighborhood is distinguished by the high number of residents who take the train to work each day, which can be a very good way to get to work at a lower cost and with less pollution.
