SUNY Oneonta median real estate price is $309,444, which is less expensive than 73.3% of New York neighborhoods and 58.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
The average rental price in SUNY Oneonta is currently $936, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 99.6% of New York neighborhoods.
SUNY Oneonta is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Oneonta, New York.
SUNY Oneonta real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to small (studio to two bedroom) single-family homes and apartment complexes/high-rise apartments. Most of the residential real estate is renter occupied. Many of the residences in the SUNY Oneonta neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built before 1940.
Real estate vacancies in SUNY Oneonta are 5.5%, which is lower than one will find in 63.3% of American neighborhoods. Demand for real estate in SUNY Oneonta 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.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Of note is NeighborhoodScout's research finding that the SUNY Oneonta neighborhood has some of the lowest rates of children living in poverty of any neighborhood in the United States. In a nation where approximately 1 in 4 children are living in poverty, the SUNY Oneonta community truly stands out from the rest in this regard.
In addition, one of the really interesting characteristics about the SUNY Oneonta neighborhood is that, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research, it is an excellent choice in which to reside for college students. Due to its popularity among college students who already choose to live here, its walkability, and its above average safety from crime, the neighborhood is ideal for prospective or already-enrolled college students. Between semesters and during school breaks, you'll notice that the excitement here fluctuates with the college seasons. Despite the excitement however, parents of college-age children can rest easy knowing that this neighborhood has an above average safety rating. For each of these reasons, the neighborhood is rated among the top 0.1% of college-friendly places to live in the state of New York.
Also, an extraordinary 77.4% of the residents of the SUNY Oneonta neighborhood are currently enrolled in college. This is such a large part of life in this neighborhood that the neighborhood changes a great deal with the change of semesters and is far quieter during the summer when many students are away.
More people in SUNY Oneonta choose to walk to work each day (33.0%) than almost any neighborhood in America. If you are attracted to the idea of being able to walk to work, this neighborhood could be a good choice.
Whether walking, biking, riding, or driving, the length of one's commute is an important factor for one's quality of life. The SUNY Oneonta neighborhood stands out for its commute length, according to NeighborhoodScout's analysis. Residents of the SUNY Oneonta neighborhood have the pleasure of having one of the shortest commutes to work of any neighborhood in America. 70.6% of the residents have a commute time from home to work (one way) of less than fifteen minutes. This is a higher proportion of residents enjoying a short trip to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 98.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. Less time commuting means more time for other things in life.
From major sales accounts to fast-food workers, sales and service employees are often the backbone of the local economy. In the SUNY Oneonta neighborhood, they truly stand out. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis identifies this neighborhood as having a higher percentage of sales and service workers than 98.1% of all American neighborhoods.
84.4% of the real estate in the SUNY Oneonta neighborhood is occupied by renters, which is nearly the highest rate of renter occupancy of any neighborhood in America.
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 SUNY Oneonta neighborhood in Oneonta are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 72.7% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.0% 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 100.0% of America's neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the SUNY Oneonta neighborhood, 43.7% 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 39.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (12.6%), and 4.7% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The most common language spoken in the SUNY Oneonta neighborhood is English, spoken by 89.6% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (6.4%).
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the SUNY Oneonta neighborhood in Oneonta, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (16.0%). There are also a number of people of Italian ancestry (14.2%), and residents who report German roots (13.6%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (6.5%), along with some Puerto Rican ancestry residents (4.3%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in SUNY Oneonta neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (70.6% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (55.0%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also hop out the door and walk to work to get to work (33.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.