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Real Estate Prices & Overview

Hattiesburg High School / Longleaf Heights-Avenues median real estate price is $149,641, which is more expensive than 41.8% of the neighborhoods in Mississippi and 13.6% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.

The average rental price in Hattiesburg High School / Longleaf Heights-Avenues is currently $1,673, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. The average rental cost in this neighborhood is higher than 73.5% of the neighborhoods in Mississippi.

Hattiesburg High School / Longleaf Heights-Avenues is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

Hattiesburg High School / Longleaf Heights-Avenues 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 Hattiesburg High School / Longleaf Heights-Avenues neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built before 1940.

Vacant apartments or homes are a major fact of life in Hattiesburg High School / Longleaf Heights-Avenues. The current real estate vacancy rate here is 18.4%. This is higher than the rate of vacancies in 84.4% 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.

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 Hattiesburg High School / Longleaf Heights-Avenues neighborhood stands out for its commute length, according to NeighborhoodScout's analysis. Residents of the Hattiesburg High School / Longleaf Heights-Avenues neighborhood have the pleasure of having one of the shortest commutes to work of any neighborhood in America. 65.8% 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 97.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. Less time commuting means more time for other things in life.

Modes of Transportation

While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the Hattiesburg High School / Longleaf Heights-Avenues neighborhood stands out by having 89.3% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.4% of all American neighborhoods.

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 Hattiesburg High School / Longleaf Heights-Avenues neighborhood in Hattiesburg are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 76.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 35.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 86.2% 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 Hattiesburg High School / Longleaf Heights-Avenues neighborhood, 31.5% 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 29.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (21.7%), and 16.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the Hattiesburg High School / Longleaf Heights-Avenues neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.2% of households. Some people also speak Italian (3.3%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Hattiesburg High School / Longleaf Heights-Avenues neighborhood in Hattiesburg, MS, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (7.9%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (5.6%), and residents who report Italian roots (5.5%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (3.5%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (1.7%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 Hattiesburg High School / Longleaf Heights-Avenues neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (65.8% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (89.3%) 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 (8.1%) . 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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