Glen Forest / Idlewood Estates At Hidden Lakes median real estate price is $863,727, which is more expensive than 96.1% of the neighborhoods in Texas and 87.1% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Glen Forest / Idlewood Estates At Hidden Lakes is currently $2,979, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. The average rental cost in this neighborhood is higher than 92.7% of the neighborhoods in Texas.
Glen Forest / Idlewood Estates At Hidden Lakes is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Keller, Texas.
Glen Forest / Idlewood Estates At Hidden Lakes real estate is primarily made up of large (four, five or more bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) single-family homes and townhomes. Most of the residential real estate is owner occupied. Many of the residences in the Glen Forest / Idlewood Estates At Hidden Lakes neighborhood are newer, built in 2000 or more recently. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.
In Glen Forest / Idlewood Estates At Hidden Lakes, the current vacancy rate is 1.3%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 90.3% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in Glen Forest / Idlewood Estates At Hidden Lakes 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 Keller, the Glen Forest / Idlewood Estates At Hidden Lakes neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
People
According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, Glen Forest / Idlewood Estates At Hidden Lakes is among the best neighborhoods for families in Texas. In fact, this neighborhood is more family-friendly than 99.8% of neighborhoods in the entire state of Texas. Its combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes gives this area the look and feel of a "Leave It to Beaver" episode. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a strong sense of community. In addition, the high number of college-educated parents influences the academic success of the local schools. Overall, you will find all of the amenities a family needs to thrive in the Glen Forest / Idlewood Estates At Hidden Lakes neighborhood. In addition to being an excellent choice for families with school-aged children, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for highly educated executives and urban sophisticates.
In addition, wealth makes most things in life easier, and a few things harder. If you are wealthy and enjoy keeping up with the Jones', this neighborhood will interest you. In fact, according to NeighborhoodScout's research, the Glen Forest / Idlewood Estates At Hidden Lakes neighborhood is wealthier than 99.1% of the neighborhoods in the United States. Residents here are truly in a unique situation even when compared to other Americans, based on the sheer amount of wealth concentrated here. Even in times of economic downturn, residents of this neighborhood, as a group, suffered less and recovered more quickly. This is indeed a stand-out characteristic of this neighborhood.
Also, the rate of college educated adults in the Glen Forest / Idlewood Estates At Hidden Lakes neighborhood is a unique characteristic of the neighborhood. 76.6% of adults here have received at least a 4-year bachelor's degree, compared to the average neighborhood in America, which has 34.3% of the adults with a bachelor's degree. The rate here is higher than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Finally, priests and therapists would like to think they know the secrets to a truly successful marriage, but according to NeighborhoodScout's research, the folks of the Glen Forest / Idlewood Estates At Hidden Lakes neighborhood may actually hold the key. 69.0% of its residents are married, which is a higher percentage than is found in 95.3% of the neighborhoods in America.
Real Estate
One way that the Glen Forest / Idlewood Estates At Hidden Lakes neighborhood really stands out, is that it has more large 4, 5, or additional bedroom homes and real estate than 99.6% of the neighborhoods in America. When you walk or drive around this neighborhood, you'll instantly notice the size of the homes here which definitely makes a strong visual statement.
In addition, the Glen Forest / Idlewood Estates At Hidden Lakes neighborhood has earned the amazing distinction of having one of the highest rates of detached, single-family homes of any neighborhood in the U.S. With 99.6% of the residential real estate here made up of free-standing single-family homes, there is a greater proportion of single-family homes here than in 98.5% of all neighborhoods in America.
Furthermore, real estate in the Glen Forest / Idlewood Estates At Hidden Lakes neighborhood is almost exclusively owner-occupied. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher rate of owner-occupied housing than is found in 97.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. If you are seeking to rent, this neighborhood may not have many options, but high rates of ownership often indicate stability in a neighborhood.
Also of note, if you like the look and ambience of new homes and newly built neighborhoods, you will love the Glen Forest / Idlewood Estates At Hidden Lakes neighborhood. A whopping 70.5% 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 95.9% of the neighborhoods in the U.S. Everything here just feels new.
Modes of Transportation
A unique way of commuting is simply not to. And in the Glen Forest / Idlewood Estates At Hidden Lakes neighborhood, analysis shows that 30.3% of the residents work from home, avoiding a commute altogether. This may not seem like a large number, but it is a higher proportion of people working from home than is found in 97.0% of the neighborhoods in the United States. One thing NeighborhoodScout's research reveals is that the wealthier and/or more isolated the neighborhood, the greater the proportion of residents who choose to work from home.
Diversity
Did you know that the Glen Forest / Idlewood Estates At Hidden Lakes neighborhood has more French Canadian and Dutch ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.3% of this neighborhood's residents have French Canadian ancestry and 4.0% have Dutch 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 Glen Forest / Idlewood Estates At Hidden Lakes neighborhood in Keller are wealthy, making it among the 15% highest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 99.1% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 2.4% 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 73.8% 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 Glen Forest / Idlewood Estates At Hidden Lakes neighborhood, 62.0% 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 21.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (9.9%), and 7.1% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
Languages
The most common language spoken in the Glen Forest / Idlewood Estates At Hidden Lakes neighborhood is English, spoken by 88.0% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (6.4%).
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 Glen Forest / Idlewood Estates At Hidden Lakes neighborhood in Keller, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (18.5%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (11.8%), and residents who report Irish roots (9.7%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (6.6%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (6.5%), 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 Glen Forest / Idlewood Estates At Hidden Lakes neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (39.7% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (62.4%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (7.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.
