Gravesend Neck Rd / E 13th St median real estate price is $840,504, which is more expensive than 57.3% of the neighborhoods in New York and 74.2% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Gravesend Neck Rd / E 13th St is currently $3,651, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. The average rental cost in this neighborhood is higher than 70.1% of the neighborhoods in New York.
Gravesend Neck Rd / E 13th St is a densely urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Brooklyn, New York.
Gravesend Neck Rd / E 13th St 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 Gravesend Neck Rd / E 13th St neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built before 1940.
Home and apartment vacancy rates are 8.6% in Gravesend Neck Rd / E 13th St. NeighborhoodScout analysis shows that this rate is lower than 43.8% of the neighborhoods in the nation, approximately near the middle range for vacancies.
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 Brooklyn, the Gravesend Neck Rd / E 13th St neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
The Gravesend Neck Rd / E 13th St neighborhood is very densely populated compared to most U.S. neighborhoods. In fact, with 52,247 persons per square mile in the neighborhood, it is more packed with people than 98.5% of the nation's neighborhoods. Being a walkable neighborhood can help increase property values for the simple reason that people enjoy it and value it. To put it plainly, despite our love affair with the automobile, American's enjoy taking to the streets, sidewalks, paths, and courtyards of a place to get a coffee, relax, and take in the sights and sounds. And, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive and first quantitative walkable score index, the Gravesend Neck Rd / E 13th St neighborhood is one of the most walkable neighborhoods in America.
If you like to ride the train to work, this neighborhood may be for you. NeighborhoodScout's research revealed that 32.3% of the Gravesend Neck Rd / E 13th St neighborhood's commuters ride the train to and from work each day, which is more than we found in 98.4% of America's neighborhoods.
Also, in the Gravesend Neck Rd / E 13th St 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 11.9% of residents here. This is a higher proportion of walking commuters than we found in 96.0% of American neighborhoods. Get ready to put on your walking shoes if you move here!
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 Gravesend Neck Rd / E 13th St neighborhood has a highly unusual pattern of car ownership. 37.7% of the households in this neighborhood don't own a car at all. This is more carless households than NeighborhoodScout found in 97.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the Gravesend Neck Rd / E 13th St neighborhood has more Ukrainian and Russian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 9.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Ukrainian ancestry and 9.4% have Russian ancestry.
Gravesend Neck Rd / E 13th St is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 12.6% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Russian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.9% of the neighborhoods in America.
The freedom of moving to new places versus the comfort of home. How much and how often people move not only can create diverse and worldly neighborhoods, but simultaneously it can produce a loss of intimacy with one's surroundings and a lack of connectedness to one's neighbors. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research has identified this neighborhood as unique with regard to the transience of its populace. What is interesting to note, is that the Gravesend Neck Rd / E 13th St neighborhood has a greater percentage of residents born in another country (61.9%) than are found in 99.3% 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 Gravesend Neck Rd / E 13th St neighborhood in Brooklyn are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 42.6% of the neighborhoods in America. With 22.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 72.7% 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 Gravesend Neck Rd / E 13th St neighborhood, 51.8% 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 22.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (13.9%), and 12.0% 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 Gravesend Neck Rd / E 13th St neighborhood is English, spoken by 21.8% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese, Russian, Spanish and Polish.
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 Gravesend Neck Rd / E 13th St neighborhood in Brooklyn, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Asian (26.9%). There are also a number of people of Russian ancestry (9.4%), and residents who report Ukrainian roots (9.2%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (4.3%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (1.9%), among others. In addition, 61.9% 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 Gravesend Neck Rd / E 13th St neighborhood spend between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (50.8% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (32.3%) take the train to get to work. In addition, quite a number also drive alone in a private automobile to get to work (26.6%) and 11.9% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work 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.