Myrtle Ave / Western Pkwy median real estate price is $508,128, which is more expensive than 37.8% of the neighborhoods in New Jersey and 63.9% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Myrtle Ave / Western Pkwy is currently $2,697, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 71.5% of New Jersey neighborhoods.
Myrtle Ave / Western Pkwy is a densely urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Irvington, New Jersey.
Myrtle Ave / Western Pkwy real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) small apartment buildings and apartment complexes/high-rise apartments. Most of the residential real estate is renter occupied. Many of the residences in the Myrtle Ave / Western Pkwy neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built before 1940.
Home and apartment vacancy rates are 8.1% in Myrtle Ave / Western Pkwy. NeighborhoodScout analysis shows that this rate is lower than 46.2% 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 Irvington, the Myrtle Ave / Western Pkwy neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Three-deckers, duplexes, old Victorian homes cut up into apartments. Independent stores on the corner selling pizza. These are some of the hallmarks of neighborhoods with lots of small 2, 3, and 4 unit apartment buildings. The Myrtle Ave / Western Pkwy neighborhood really stands out in this regard, however, as it is dominated by such small apartment buildings more than nearly any other neighborhood in America. This is a stunning visual and lifestyle example of this type of neighborhood. In fact, 65.8% of the real estate here are small 2, 3, or 4 unit apartment buildings, which is a higher proportion than found in 99.6% of America's neighborhoods.
In addition, if you like crowded places, then you will probably enjoy the the Myrtle Ave / Western Pkwy neighborhood. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive data analysis, this neighborhood is more densely populated than 95.2% of neighborhoods in the U.S., with 21,097 people per square mile living here. Even if you drive or take transit to your place of employment, many people enjoy being able to walk in their neighborhood. What many people don't realize is that most of America's premier vacation locations are also very walkable. The Myrtle Ave / Western Pkwy neighborhood is among the top 5% of American neighborhoods in terms of walkability.
Whether walking, biking, riding, or driving, the length of one's commute is an important factor for one's quality of life. The Myrtle Ave / Western Pkwy neighborhood stands out for its commute length, according to NeighborhoodScout's analysis. Long commutes can be brutal. They take time, money, and energy, leaving less of you for yourself and your family. The residents of the Myrtle Ave / Western Pkwy neighborhood unfortunately have the distinction of having, on average, a longer commute than most any neighborhood in America. 18.3% of commuters here travel more than one hour just one-way to work. That is more than two hours per day. This percentage with two-hour + round-trip commutes is higher than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.4% of all neighborhoods in America.
More people ride the bus in this neighborhood each day to get to work than 97.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the Myrtle Ave / Western Pkwy neighborhood has more Sub-Saharan African and Croatian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 27.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Sub-Saharan African ancestry and 1.3% have Croatian ancestry.
Myrtle Ave / Western Pkwy is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 6.1% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak African languages at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.1% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Myrtle Ave / Western Pkwy neighborhood in Irvington are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 73.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 7.8% 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 55.6% of America'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 Myrtle Ave / Western Pkwy neighborhood, 41.0% 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 21.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (20.2%), and 17.5% 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 Myrtle Ave / Western Pkwy neighborhood is English, spoken by 79.1% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, African languages and French.
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 Myrtle Ave / Western Pkwy neighborhood in Irvington, NJ, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Sub-Saharan African (27.8%). There are also a number of people of African ancestry (6.8%), and residents who report South American roots (3.9%), and some of the residents are also of Dominican ancestry (3.3%), along with some Jamaican ancestry residents (3.2%), among others. In addition, 33.2% 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 Myrtle Ave / Western Pkwy neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (30.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans. However, there is also a significant group of residents (18.3%) who commute over an hour in each direction.
Here most residents (57.9%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also ride the bus to get to work (13.7%) and 12.8% of residents also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors 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.