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Real Estate Prices & Overview

Westowne / Tallgrass median real estate price is $536,977, which is more expensive than 88.0% of the neighborhoods in Wisconsin and 68.2% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.

The average rental price in Westowne / Tallgrass is currently $2,091, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. The average rental cost in this neighborhood is higher than 92.7% of the neighborhoods in Wisconsin.

Westowne / Tallgrass is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Waukesha, Wisconsin.

Westowne / Tallgrass real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to large (four, five or more bedroom) single-family homes and apartment complexes/high-rise apartments. Most of the residential real estate is owner occupied. Many of the residences in the Westowne / Tallgrass neighborhood are newer, built in 2000 or more recently. A number of residences were also built between 1940 and 1969.

In Westowne / Tallgrass, the current vacancy rate is 2.5%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 83.2% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in Westowne / Tallgrass is very tight compared to the demand for property here.

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 Waukesha, the Westowne / Tallgrass neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

People

If you are an executive or professional seeking a neighborhood affording an executive lifestyle, or just wanting to find where other executives live in the area, the Westowne / Tallgrass neighborhood should be on your list. It has an enviable mix of spacious homes, relatively stable real estate values, and residents that include a number of wealthy executives, managers, and professionals. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis places it as one of the top 12.1% executive lifestyle neighborhoods in the state of Wisconsin.

Diversity

Did you know that the Westowne / Tallgrass neighborhood has more Swiss and German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Swiss ancestry and 44.3% have German ancestry.

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 Westowne / Tallgrass neighborhood in Waukesha are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 76.6% of the neighborhoods in America. With 26.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 77.5% 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 Westowne / Tallgrass neighborhood, 43.3% 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 21.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (19.2%), and 15.6% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the Westowne / Tallgrass neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.0% of households.

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 Westowne / Tallgrass neighborhood in Waukesha, WI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (44.3%). There are also a number of people of Polish ancestry (15.6%), and residents who report Irish roots (14.7%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (6.5%), along with some Norwegian ancestry residents (5.8%), 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 Westowne / Tallgrass neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (49.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (86.7%) 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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