Crowley East median real estate price is $192,453, which is more expensive than 42.4% of the neighborhoods in Louisiana and 20.5% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Crowley East is currently $1,117, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 79.5% of Louisiana neighborhoods.
Crowley East is a rural neighborhood (based on population density) located in Crowley, Louisiana.
Crowley East 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 occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Many of the residences in the Crowley East neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.
Crowley East has a 10.3% vacancy rate, which is well above average compared to other U.S. neighborhoods (higher than 63.0% of American neighborhoods). Most vacant housing here is vacant year round. This could either signal that there is a weak demand for real estate in the neighborhood or that large amount of new housing has been built and not yet occupied. Either way, if you live here, you may find many of the homes or apartments are empty.
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 Crowley, the Crowley East neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
The Crowley East neighborhood has a greater percentage of children living in poverty (76.5%) than found in 99.1% of all U.S. neighborhoods. Children living in poverty is one of the challenges facing America, and the world, and in this neighborhood in particular, the problem can be considered acute.
Our research reveals that 89.5% of commuters who live in the Crowley East neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 95.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the Crowley East neighborhood has more French Canadian and French ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.3% of this neighborhood's residents have French Canadian ancestry and 7.4% have French ancestry.
Crowley East is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 5.6% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak French at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.9% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Crowley East neighborhood in Crowley are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 93.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 76.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 99.1% 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 Crowley East neighborhood, 33.4% 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 manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 25.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (23.5%), and 17.4% in executive, management, and professional occupations.
The most common language spoken in the Crowley East neighborhood is English, spoken by 93.6% of households. Some people also speak French (5.6%).
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 Crowley East neighborhood in Crowley, LA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as French (7.4%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (6.0%), and residents who report Irish roots (5.0%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (4.8%), along with some French Canadian 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 Crowley East neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (42.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (89.5%) 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 (10.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.