Greenyard Dr / Misty Summit Dr median real estate price is $240,223, which is more expensive than 38.2% of the neighborhoods in Texas and 26.8% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Greenyard Dr / Misty Summit Dr is currently $1,494, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 69.5% of Texas neighborhoods.
Greenyard Dr / Misty Summit Dr is an urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Houston, Texas.
Greenyard Dr / Misty Summit Dr real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to small (studio to two bedroom) single-family homes and townhomes. Most of the residential real estate is owner occupied. Many of the residences in the Greenyard Dr / Misty Summit Dr neighborhood are established but not old, having been built between 1970 and 1999. A number of residences were also built between 1940 and 1969.
Home and apartment vacancy rates are 9.1% in Greenyard Dr / Misty Summit Dr. NeighborhoodScout analysis shows that this rate is lower than 41.0% of the neighborhoods in the nation, approximately near the middle range for vacancies.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
Of note is NeighborhoodScout's research finding that the Greenyard Dr / Misty Summit Dr neighborhood has some of the lowest rates of children living in poverty of any neighborhood in the United States. In a nation where approximately 1 in 4 children are living in poverty, the Greenyard Dr / Misty Summit Dr community truly stands out from the rest in this regard.
Most neighborhoods are composed of a mixture of ages of homes, but the Greenyard Dr / Misty Summit Dr stands out as rather unique in having nearly all of its residential real estate built in one time period, namely between 1970 and 1999, generally considered to be established, but not old housing. What you'll sense when you look around or drive the streets of this neighborhood is that many of the residences look the same because of this similarity of age. In fact, 88.9% of the residential real estate here was built in this one time period.
In addition, if you love row houses and attached homes, you will probably really like the Greenyard Dr / Misty Summit Dr neighborhood. The ambiance, the charm, of row houses is something special. And in sheer abundance of row houses, this neighborhood truly stands out. The real estate here has a higher proportion of row houses and attached homes than nearly any neighborhood in America. In fact, 25.0% of the residential real estate here is classified as row houses and attached homes.
In the Greenyard Dr / Misty Summit Dr neighborhood, carpooling is still a popular way to get to and from work. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that 27.2% of commuters carpool here, which is more than in 97.9% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Also, our research revealed that more commuters here take the bus to work (10.3% ride the bus) than 95.2% 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.
NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research identifies the Greenyard Dr / Misty Summit Dr neighborhood as having one of the highest concentrations of people employed in manufacturing or as laborers of any neighborhood in America. In fact, despite the loss of manufacturing jobs nationally, this neighborhood has 42.6% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 95.9% of American neighborhoods.
Significantly, 0.9% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Urdu, which is the national language of Pakistan, at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.1% 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 Greenyard Dr / Misty Summit Dr neighborhood in Houston are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 81.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. 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.
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 Greenyard Dr / Misty Summit Dr neighborhood, 42.6% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 26.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (16.5%), and 14.0% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the Greenyard Dr / Misty Summit Dr neighborhood is English, spoken by 51.4% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (45.4%).
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 Greenyard Dr / Misty Summit Dr neighborhood in Houston, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (44.2%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (1.7%), and residents who report Asian roots (1.6%). In addition, 25.8% 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 Greenyard Dr / Misty Summit Dr neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (37.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (59.7%) 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 (27.2%) and 10.3% of residents also ride the bus 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.