Baker / Chatham median real estate price is $449,430, which is more expensive than 79.5% of the neighborhoods in Pennsylvania and 61.1% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Baker / Chatham is currently $1,717, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 50.7% of Pennsylvania neighborhoods.
Baker / Chatham is a rural neighborhood (based on population density) located in West Grove, Pennsylvania.
Baker / Chatham real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to large (four, five or more bedroom) single-family homes and mobile homes. Most of the residential real estate is owner occupied. Many of the residences in the Baker / Chatham neighborhood are established but not old, having been built between 1970 and 1999. A number of residences were also built between 2000 and the present.
Real estate vacancies in Baker / Chatham are 5.7%, which is lower than one will find in 61.8% of American neighborhoods. Demand for real estate in Baker / Chatham 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.
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 West Grove, the Baker / Chatham neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
In a nation where 1 out of every 4 children lives in poverty, the Baker / Chatham neighborhood stands out as being ranked among the lowest 0.0% of neighborhoods affected by this global issue.
Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the Baker / Chatham neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 97.1% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
Did you know that the Baker / Chatham neighborhood has more Irish and African ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 30.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Irish ancestry and 10.2% have African ancestry.
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 Baker / Chatham neighborhood in West Grove are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 66.2% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.0% 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 100.0% of America's neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the Baker / Chatham neighborhood, 35.0% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 21.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.3%), and 17.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the Baker / Chatham neighborhood is English, spoken by 89.0% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (10.6%).
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 Baker / Chatham neighborhood in West Grove, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (30.2%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (21.5%), and residents who report Mexican roots (20.7%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (18.9%), along with some English ancestry residents (14.9%), among others.
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 Baker / Chatham neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (37.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (69.7%) 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 (14.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.