Harvard Place - Eastlawn median real estate price is $175,073, which is less expensive than 76.7% of Texas neighborhoods and 83.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
The average rental price in Harvard Place - Eastlawn is currently $1,551, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 68.0% of Texas neighborhoods.
Harvard Place - Eastlawn is an urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in San Antonio, Texas.
Harvard Place - Eastlawn real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to small (studio to two bedroom) single-family homes and small apartment buildings. Most of the residential real estate is occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Many of the residences in the Harvard Place - Eastlawn neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built between 2000 and the present.
Home and apartment vacancy rates are 9.4% in Harvard Place - Eastlawn. NeighborhoodScout analysis shows that this rate is lower than 40.8% 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 San Antonio, the Harvard Place - Eastlawn neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
More people in Harvard Place - Eastlawn choose to walk to work each day (12.2%) 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.
Did you know that the Harvard Place - Eastlawn neighborhood has more Mexican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 56.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry.
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 Harvard Place - Eastlawn neighborhood in San Antonio are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 94.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 37.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 87.4% of U.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 Harvard Place - Eastlawn neighborhood, 37.6% 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 24.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (23.9%), and 14.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the Harvard Place - Eastlawn neighborhood is English, spoken by 57.2% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (42.7%).
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 Harvard Place - Eastlawn neighborhood in San Antonio, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (56.5%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (5.4%), and residents who report Sub-Saharan African roots (3.5%), and some of the residents are also of African ancestry (3.5%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (1.9%), among others. In addition, 12.0% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
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 Harvard Place - Eastlawn neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (43.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (67.3%) 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 (12.8%) and 12.2% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work 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.