Clason Point Southwest median real estate price is $715,845, which is more expensive than 54.4% of the neighborhoods in New York and 81.1% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Clason Point Southwest is currently $2,825, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 55.2% of New York neighborhoods.
Clason Point Southwest is a densely urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Bronx, New York.
Clason Point Southwest real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) apartment complexes/high-rise apartments and small apartment buildings. Most of the residential real estate is renter occupied. Many of the residences in the Clason Point Southwest neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built before 1940.
In Clason Point Southwest, the current vacancy rate is 0.1%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 93.4% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in Clason Point Southwest is very tight compared to the demand for property here.
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 Bronx, the Clason Point Southwest neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Length of Commute
Regardless of the means by which residents commute, this neighborhood has a length of commute that is notable. Long commutes can be brutal. They take time, money, and energy, leaving less of you for yourself and your family. The residents of the Clason Point Southwest neighborhood unfortunately have the distinction of having, on average, a longer commute than most any neighborhood in America. 31.5% 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 100.0% of all neighborhoods in America.
Modes of Transportation
Our research revealed that more commuters here take the bus to work (39.2% ride the bus) than 99.9% of all American neighborhoods. If you like the idea of leaving your car and home and hopping the bus to work, this might be a good neighborhood for you to consider.
Also, if you like to ride the train to work, this neighborhood may be for you. NeighborhoodScout's research revealed that 25.3% of the Clason Point Southwest neighborhood's commuters ride the train to and from work each day, which is more than we found in 97.8% of America's neighborhoods.
Finally, more people in Clason Point Southwest choose to walk to work each day (11.2%) 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.
Car Ownership
Most American households own a car or other vehicle. Many own two cars or perhaps three. In the United States, it is useful to have an automobile not only for commuting, but also for shopping and getting to other services one needs. But NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed that households in the Clason Point Southwest neighborhood have a highly unusual car ownership. 71.0% of the households in this neighborhood don't own a car at all. This is more carless households than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Occupations
There are more people living in the Clason Point Southwest neighborhood employed as sales and service workers (47.2%) than almost any neighborhood in the country. From fast-food service workers to major sales accounts, sales and service workers make up the largest proportion of our national employment picture. But despite that size and importance nationally, this neighborhood still stands out as unique due to the dominance of people living here who work in such occupations.
Real Estate
100.0% of the real estate in the Clason Point Southwest neighborhood is occupied by renters, which is nearly the highest rate of renter occupancy of any neighborhood in America.
In addition, what you'll find when you visit or move to this neighborhood is one of the most crowded neighborhoods in all of America. With an incredible 65,036 people per square mile, it is more densely populated than 99.0% of America's neighborhoods.
Furthermore, one of the really unique and interesting things about the look and setting of the Clason Point Southwest neighborhood is that it is almost entirely dominated by large apartment buildings, such as apartment complexes or high-rise apartments. 89.8% of the residential real estate here is classified as such. This puts this neighborhood on the map as having a higher proportion of large apartment buildings than 98.2% of all neighborhoods in America.
People
The Clason Point Southwest neighborhood stands out for having an average per capita income lower than 98.5% of the neighborhoods in the United States. Also of note, 63.6% of the children in this area live in poverty; an extraordinarily high percentage compared to other neighborhoods in the nation. In a nation where approximately one in four children grows up in poverty, this neighborhood stands out for the depth of the problem manifested here.
In addition, neighborhoodScout's exclusive research revealed that 95.2% of the adult residents in the Clason Point Southwest neighborhood do not have a 4-year college degree, which is a lower rate of college graduated adults than found in 97.4% of the neighborhoods in America.
Also, single parenting is hard. But you don't have to tell the Clason Point Southwest neighborhood about it; they already know. 19.9% of this neighborhood's households are run by single mothers, which is a higher concentration than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.9% of American neighborhoods. Further NeighborhoodScout research showed strong statistical correlations among high rates of children living in single parent households, and neighborhood crime, particularly violent crime, neighborhood poverty, and, importantly, the percentage of low weight births and rates of infant mortality.
Diversity
Did you know that the Clason Point Southwest neighborhood has more Dominican and Puerto Rican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 22.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Dominican ancestry and 21.5% have Puerto Rican ancestry.
Migration / Stability
Some neighborhoods have more internal cohesiveness than others. While other neighborhoods feel like a collection of strangers who just happen to live near each other. Sometimes this comes down to not only the personalities of the people in a place, but how long people have been together in that neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research has revealed some interesting things about the rootedness of people in the Clason Point Southwest neighborhood. More residents of the Clason Point Southwest neighborhood live here today that also were living in this same neighborhood five years ago than is found in 98.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. This neighborhood is really made up of people who know each other, don't move often, and have lived here in this very neighborhood for quite a while.
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 Clason Point Southwest neighborhood in Bronx are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 98.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 63.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 97.6% 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 Clason Point Southwest neighborhood, 52.8% 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 23.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (14.2%), and 9.3% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
Languages
The most common language spoken in the Clason Point Southwest neighborhood is English, spoken by 60.5% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (38.3%).
Ethnicity / Ancestry
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the Clason Point Southwest neighborhood in Bronx, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Dominican (22.1%). There are also a number of people of Puerto Rican ancestry (21.5%), and residents who report Jamaican roots (8.2%), and some of the residents are also of Sub-Saharan African ancestry (4.4%), along with some African ancestry residents (4.4%), among others. In addition, 17.4% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in Clason Point Southwest neighborhood spend between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (38.7% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (39.2%) ride the bus to get to work. In addition, quite a number also take the train to get to work (25.3%) and 19.0% of residents also drive alone in a private automobile for their daily commute. The bus provides a valuable service in the Clason Point Southwest neighborhood of Bronx by getting a lot of residents to and from work daily, reducing the costs of commuting and reducing some congestion on the roads as well.
