Castle Hill median real estate price is $795,663, which is more expensive than 60.3% of the neighborhoods in New York and 84.5% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Castle Hill is currently $2,130, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 70.2% of New York neighborhoods.
Castle Hill is a densely urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Bronx, New York.
Castle Hill 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 townhomes. Most of the residential real estate is renter occupied. Many of the residences in the Castle Hill neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built before 1940.
In Castle Hill, the current vacancy rate is 1.3%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 89.1% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in Castle 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 Bronx, the Castle Hill neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Regardless of the means by which residents commute, this neighborhood has a length of commute that is notable. Long commutes can be brutal. They take time, money, and energy, leaving less of you for yourself and your family. The residents of the Castle Hill neighborhood unfortunately have the distinction of having, on average, a longer commute than most any neighborhood in America. 25.1% 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 99.8% of all neighborhoods in America.
More people ride the bus in this neighborhood each day to get to work than 99.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Also, in the Castle Hill neighborhood, walking to work is a real option for many. In fact, NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research reveals walking to and from work is the chosen way to commute for 18.9% of residents here. This is a higher proportion of walking commuters than we found in 98.1% of American neighborhoods. Get ready to put on your walking shoes if you move here!
Finally, in the Castle Hill neighborhood, 17.6% 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 97.2% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Castle Hill neighborhood has a highly unusual pattern of car ownership. 61.0% of the households in this neighborhood don't own a car at all. This is more carless households than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The Castle Hill neighborhood stands out for having an average per capita income lower than 99.2% of the neighborhoods in the United States. The Castle Hill neighborhood also has a greater percentage of children living in poverty (57.9%) than found in 96.5% of all U.S. neighborhoods. Children living in poverty is one of the challenges facing America, and the world, and in this neighborhood in particular, the problem can be considered acute.
The Castle Hill neighborhood is very densely populated compared to most U.S. neighborhoods. In fact, with 57,208 persons per square mile in the neighborhood, it is more packed with people than 98.7% of the nation's neighborhoods.
In addition, one of the really unique and interesting things about the look and setting of the Castle Hill neighborhood is that it is almost entirely dominated by large apartment buildings, such as apartment complexes or high-rise apartments. 87.3% of the residential real estate here is classified as such. This puts this neighborhood on the map as having a higher proportion of large apartment buildings than 97.8% of all neighborhoods in America.
Furthermore, 90.2% of the real estate in the Castle Hill neighborhood is occupied by renters, which is nearly the highest rate of renter occupancy of any neighborhood in America.
Did you know that the Castle Hill neighborhood has more Dominican and Puerto Rican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 24.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Dominican ancestry and 23.2% have Puerto Rican ancestry.
Castle Hill is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 3.9% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak African languages at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.0% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Castle Hill 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 99.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 57.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 96.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the Castle Hill neighborhood, 32.6% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 29.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (27.8%), and 9.9% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
Languages
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 Castle Hill neighborhood is English, spoken by 49.6% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, African languages and French.
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 Castle Hill neighborhood in Bronx, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Dominican (24.5%). There are also a number of people of Puerto Rican ancestry (23.2%), and residents who report Sub-Saharan African roots (5.5%), and some of the residents are also of Jamaican ancestry (3.3%), along with some Asian ancestry residents (3.2%), among others. In addition, 23.0% 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 Castle Hill neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (26.7% 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 (25.1%) who commute over an hour in each direction.
Here most residents (26.2%) ride the bus to get to work. In addition, quite a number also hop out the door and walk to work to get to work (18.9%) and 17.6% of residents also take the train for their daily commute. The bus provides a valuable service in the Castle Hill neighborhood of Bronx by getting a lot of residents to and from work daily, reducing the costs of commuting and reducing some congestion on the roads as well.
