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Real Estate Prices & Overview

St Lawrence Ave / Colvin Ave median real estate price is $258,576, which is less expensive than 79.9% of New York neighborhoods and 69.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

The average rental price in St Lawrence Ave / Colvin Ave is currently $1,573, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 83.7% of New York neighborhoods.

St Lawrence Ave / Colvin Ave is an urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Buffalo, New York.

St Lawrence Ave / Colvin Ave real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to small (studio to two bedroom) small apartment buildings and single-family homes. Most of the residential real estate is occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Many of the residences in the St Lawrence Ave / Colvin Ave neighborhood are relatively historic, built no later than 1939, and in some cases, quite a bit earlier. A number of residences were also built between 1940 and 1969.

Real estate vacancies in St Lawrence Ave / Colvin Ave are 5.4%, which is lower than one will find in 62.5% of American neighborhoods. Demand for real estate in St Lawrence Ave / Colvin Ave 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.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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 Buffalo, the St Lawrence Ave / Colvin Ave neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Real Estate

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 St Lawrence Ave / Colvin Ave 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, 45.1% of the real estate here are small 2, 3, or 4 unit apartment buildings, which is a higher proportion than found in 97.9% of America's neighborhoods.

People

One of the most interesting things about the St Lawrence Ave / Colvin Ave neighborhood is that it has a greater concentration of residents who live alone than most all neighborhoods in America. With 49.7% of the households here made up of people living alone, NeighborhoodScout's research reveals that this is a larger proportion of people living alone than in 95.3% of the neighborhoods in America.

Diversity

Did you know that the St Lawrence Ave / Colvin Ave neighborhood has more Italian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 24.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Italian ancestry.

St Lawrence Ave / Colvin Ave is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 13.4% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Polish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.1% of the neighborhoods in America.

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 St Lawrence Ave / Colvin Ave neighborhood in Buffalo are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 65.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 28.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 80.4% 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 St Lawrence Ave / Colvin Ave neighborhood, 35.2% 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 32.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (19.4%), and 13.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

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 St Lawrence Ave / Colvin Ave neighborhood is English, spoken by 90.1% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Polish, Spanish and French.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the St Lawrence Ave / Colvin Ave neighborhood in Buffalo, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Italian (24.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (14.4%), and residents who report German roots (11.8%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (7.0%), along with some Sub-Saharan African ancestry residents (6.9%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 St Lawrence Ave / Colvin Ave neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (56.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (81.4%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. 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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