Snediker Ave / Riverdale Ave median real estate price is $714,914, which is more expensive than 52.9% of the neighborhoods in New York and 80.5% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Snediker Ave / Riverdale Ave is currently $2,343, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 65.7% of New York neighborhoods.
Snediker Ave / Riverdale Ave is a densely urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Brooklyn, New York.
Snediker Ave / Riverdale 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 townhomes. Most of the residential real estate is occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Many of the residences in the Snediker Ave / Riverdale Ave neighborhood are newer, built in 2000 or more recently. A number of residences were also built before 1940.
In Snediker Ave / Riverdale Ave, the current vacancy rate is 1.7%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 87.4% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in Snediker Ave / Riverdale Ave 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.
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 Snediker Ave / Riverdale Ave neighborhood has a highly unusual pattern of car ownership. 66.4% of the households in this neighborhood don't own a car at all. This is more carless households than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Single parenting is hard. But you don't have to tell the Snediker Ave / Riverdale Ave neighborhood about it; they already know. 28.0% of this neighborhood's households are run by single mothers, which is a higher concentration than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.3% 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.
Whether walking, biking, riding, or driving, the length of one's commute is an important factor for one's quality of life. The Snediker Ave / Riverdale 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 Snediker Ave / Riverdale Ave neighborhood unfortunately have the distinction of having, on average, a longer commute than most any neighborhood in America. 16.5% 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 99.1% of all neighborhoods in America.
If you like to ride the train to work, this neighborhood may be for you. NeighborhoodScout's research revealed that 39.3% of the Snediker Ave / Riverdale Ave neighborhood's commuters ride the train to and from work each day, which is more than we found in 99.0% of America's neighborhoods.
Also, more people ride the bus in this neighborhood each day to get to work than 97.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The Snediker Ave / Riverdale Ave neighborhood is very densely populated compared to most U.S. neighborhoods. In fact, with 32,039 persons per square mile in the neighborhood, it is more packed with people than 97.2% of the nation's neighborhoods.
In addition, if you like the look and ambience of new homes and newly built neighborhoods, you will love the Snediker Ave / Riverdale Ave neighborhood. A whopping 73.2% of the homes and other residential real estate here were built after 1999, which is a higher proportion of new homes then you will find in 95.8% of the neighborhoods in the U.S. Everything here just feels new.
Furthermore, if you love row houses and attached homes, you will probably really like the Snediker Ave / Riverdale Ave neighborhood. The ambiance, the charm, of row houses is something special. And in sheer abundance of row houses, this neighborhood truly stands out. The real estate here has a higher proportion of row houses and attached homes than nearly any neighborhood in America. In fact, 25.9% of the residential real estate here is classified as row houses and attached homes.
Did you know that the Snediker Ave / Riverdale Ave neighborhood has more Jamaican and Dominican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 14.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Jamaican ancestry and 10.2% have Dominican ancestry.
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 Snediker Ave / Riverdale Ave neighborhood in Brooklyn are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 87.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 38.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 88.4% 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 Snediker Ave / Riverdale Ave neighborhood, 32.0% 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 27.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (21.6%), and 19.0% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
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 Snediker Ave / Riverdale Ave neighborhood is English, spoken by 79.1% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish 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 Snediker Ave / Riverdale Ave neighborhood in Brooklyn, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Jamaican (14.3%). There are also a number of people of Dominican ancestry (10.2%), and residents who report Sub-Saharan African roots (9.4%), and some of the residents are also of African ancestry (7.1%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (4.1%), among others. In addition, 39.4% 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 Snediker Ave / Riverdale Ave neighborhood spend between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (64.8% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (39.3%) take the train to get to work. In addition, quite a number also drive alone in a private automobile to get to work (13.8%) and 13.3% of residents also ride the bus 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.
