Lake Front Royal / Blue Ridge Mountain Estates median real estate price is $359,443, which is more expensive than 40.7% of the neighborhoods in Virginia and 49.5% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Lake Front Royal / Blue Ridge Mountain Estates is currently $890, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 99.3% of Virginia neighborhoods.
Lake Front Royal / Blue Ridge Mountain Estates is a rural neighborhood (based on population density) located in Front Royal, Virginia.
Lake Front Royal / Blue Ridge Mountain Estates 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 owner occupied. Many of the residences in the Lake Front Royal / Blue Ridge Mountain Estates neighborhood are established but not old, having been built between 1970 and 1999. A number of residences were also built between 2000 and the present.
Real estate vacancies in Lake Front Royal / Blue Ridge Mountain Estates are 3.4%, which is lower than one will find in 77.7% of American neighborhoods. Demand for real estate in Lake Front Royal / Blue Ridge Mountain Estates 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.
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 Front Royal, the Lake Front Royal / Blue Ridge Mountain Estates neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Did you know that the Lake Front Royal / Blue Ridge Mountain Estates neighborhood has more Scottish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 8.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Scottish 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 Lake Front Royal / Blue Ridge Mountain Estates neighborhood in Front Royal are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 61.2% of the neighborhoods in America. With 32.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 83.5% 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 Lake Front Royal / Blue Ridge Mountain Estates neighborhood, 32.7% 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 28.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (21.2%), and 17.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
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 Lake Front Royal / Blue Ridge Mountain Estates neighborhood is English, spoken by 86.1% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
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 Lake Front Royal / Blue Ridge Mountain Estates neighborhood in Front Royal, VA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (17.5%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (15.1%), and residents who report German roots (12.8%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (8.2%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (5.9%), 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 Lake Front Royal / Blue Ridge Mountain Estates neighborhood spend between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (46.2% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (81.6%) 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 (13.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.