Thornton Meadows / Eastlake Lifestyle Community median real estate price is $547,183, which is more expensive than 42.5% of the neighborhoods in Colorado and 69.7% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Thornton Meadows / Eastlake Lifestyle Community is currently $2,051, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 68.1% of Colorado neighborhoods.
Thornton Meadows / Eastlake Lifestyle Community is an urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Thornton, Colorado.
Thornton Meadows / Eastlake Lifestyle Community 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 occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Many of the residences in the Thornton Meadows / Eastlake Lifestyle Community neighborhood are newer, built in 2000 or more recently. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.
In Thornton Meadows / Eastlake Lifestyle Community, the current vacancy rate is 0.0%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 100.0% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in Thornton Meadows / Eastlake Lifestyle Community is very tight compared to the demand for property here.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
With a real estate vacancy rate of only 0.0%, the Thornton Meadows / Eastlake Lifestyle Community neighborhood has a lower vacancy rate than 100.0% of U.S. neighborhoods, a very elite group. Such a low vacancy rate may indicate very strong real estate demand in the neighborhood combined with some impediments to increasing supply, such as zoning or existing density of development, among other potential reasons.
In addition, if you love row houses and attached homes, you will probably really like the Thornton Meadows / Eastlake Lifestyle Community 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, 39.5% of the residential real estate here is classified as row houses and attached homes.
In a nation where 1 out of every 4 children lives in poverty, the Thornton Meadows / Eastlake Lifestyle Community neighborhood stands out as being ranked among the lowest 0.0% of neighborhoods affected by this global issue.
In addition, thornton Meadows / Eastlake Lifestyle Community has the amazing distinction of housing more same sex couples living together than 98.8% of neighborhoods in the U.S. If you are seeking such a neighborhood, NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that this is one place that you should consider.
Also, one of the really interesting characteristics about the Thornton Meadows / Eastlake Lifestyle Community neighborhood is that, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research, it is an excellent choice in which to reside for college students. Due to its popularity among college students who already choose to live here, its walkability, and its above average safety from crime, the neighborhood is ideal for prospective or already-enrolled college students. Between semesters and during school breaks, you'll notice that the excitement here fluctuates with the college seasons. Despite the excitement however, parents of college-age children can rest easy knowing that this neighborhood has an above average safety rating. For each of these reasons, the neighborhood is rated among the top 2.1% of college-friendly places to live in the state of Colorado.
We Americans love our cars. Not only are they a necessity for most Americans due to the shape of our neighborhoods and the distances between where we live, work, shop, and go to school, but we also fancy them. As a result, most households in America have one, two, or three cars. But NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis shows that the Thornton Meadows / Eastlake Lifestyle Community neighborhood has a highly unusual pattern of car ownership. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 38.6% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 97.7% of the neighborhoods in the nation.
Did you know that the Thornton Meadows / Eastlake Lifestyle Community neighborhood has more Russian and Croatian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 11.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Russian ancestry and 2.8% have Croatian 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 Thornton Meadows / Eastlake Lifestyle Community neighborhood in Thornton are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 68.7% 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 Thornton Meadows / Eastlake Lifestyle Community neighborhood, 39.0% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 35.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (13.5%), and 11.9% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
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 Thornton Meadows / Eastlake Lifestyle Community neighborhood is English, spoken by 84.6% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
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 Thornton Meadows / Eastlake Lifestyle Community neighborhood in Thornton, CO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (23.4%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (20.1%), and residents who report German roots (18.2%), and some of the residents are also of Russian ancestry (11.5%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (8.5%), among others. In addition, 13.6% 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 Thornton Meadows / Eastlake Lifestyle Community neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (62.6% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (71.4%) 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 (8.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.