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    Youngstown, OH (Wick Park)





    Real Estate Prices & Overview

    Wick Park median real estate price is $87,175, which is less expensive than 92.2% of Ohio neighborhoods and 96.1% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

    The average rental price in Wick Park is currently $1,092, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 92.6% of Ohio neighborhoods.

    Wick Park is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Youngstown, Ohio.

    Wick Park real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four 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 Wick Park neighborhood are relatively historic, built no later than 1939, and in some cases, quite a bit earlier. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.

    Vacant apartments or homes are a major fact of life in Wick Park. The current real estate vacancy rate here is 39.8%. This is higher than the rate of vacancies in 97.6% of all U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, most vacant housing here is vacant year round. This can sometimes be the case in neighborhoods dominated by new construction that is not yet occupied. But often neighborhoods with vacancy rates this high are places that can be plagued by a protracted vacancy problem. If you live here, you may find that a number of buildings in your neighborhood are actually empty.

    Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

    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.

    People

    An extraordinary 34.0% of the residents of the Wick Park 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.

    In addition, one of the unique characteristics of the Wick Park neighborhood revealed by analysis is that the per capita income of residents here is lower than that found in 98.8% of the neighborhoods in America.

    Also, the Wick Park neighborhood stands out within Ohio for its college student friendly environment. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that this neighborhood is home to a number of college students, is relatively walkable, and above average in safety. In combination, this makes it stand out for a good place for college students to consider. Because a number of college students live here, this neighborhood may be close to a college campus and offer certain amenities nearby geared towards the student body. While it's not an environment for everyone, ambitious scholars can enjoy seasonal excitement between semesters and school breaks, and parents can rest easy knowing that the area has an above average safety rating. For each of these reasons, the neighborhood is rated among the top 9.7% of college-friendly places to live in OH.

    Modes of Transportation

    In the Wick Park 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 21.8% of residents here. This is a higher proportion of walking commuters than we found in 98.4% of American neighborhoods. Get ready to put on your walking shoes if you move here!

    Real Estate

    Vacant homes and apartments are a significant characteristic of this neighborhood. In fact, with 39.8% of the residential real estate vacant, the Wick Park neighborhood claims the distinction of having a higher vacancy rate than 97.6% of the neighborhoods in America. This can either be because much of the property is seasonally occupied, like in many vacation areas, or that much of the real estate is more permanently abandoned.

    In addition, if you find historic homes and neighborhoods attractive, you love the details, the history, and the charm, then you are sure to be interested in this neighborhood. With 65.9% of the residential real estate in the Wick Park neighborhood built no later than 1939, and some built considerably earlier, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of historic residences than 97.9% of all neighborhoods in America. In this regard, this neighborhood truly stands out as special.

    Length of Commute

    Whether walking, biking, riding, or driving, the length of one's commute is an important factor for one's quality of life. The Wick Park neighborhood stands out for its commute length, according to NeighborhoodScout's analysis. Residents of the Wick Park neighborhood have the pleasure of having one of the shortest commutes to work of any neighborhood in America. 62.3% 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 96.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. Less time commuting means more time for other things in life.

    Migration / Stability

    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. In the Wick Park neighborhood, a greater proportion of the residents living here today did not live here five years ago than is found in 98.4% of U.S. Neighborhoods. This neighborhood, more than almost any other in America, has new residents from other areas.

    Diversity

    Did you know that the Wick Park neighborhood has more Slovak and Welsh ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Slovak ancestry and 2.5% have Welsh ancestry.

    The Neighbors

    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 Wick Park neighborhood in Youngstown are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 98.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 28.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 79.8% 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 Wick Park neighborhood, 34.7% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 29.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (26.0%), and 9.5% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.

    Languages

    The most common language spoken in the Wick Park neighborhood is English, spoken by 89.1% of households.

    Ethnicity / Ancestry

    Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

    In the Wick Park neighborhood in Youngstown, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Italian (9.9%). There are also a number of people of Asian ancestry (7.4%), and residents who report Irish roots (7.3%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (4.3%), along with some Sub-Saharan African ancestry residents (3.2%), among others. In addition, 10.3% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.

    Getting to Work

    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 Wick Park neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (62.3% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

    Here most residents (56.6%) 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 (21.8%) and 11.0% of residents also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.

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