Polk Pkwy / Cleveland Heights Blvd median real estate price is $448,715, which is more expensive than 51.0% of the neighborhoods in Florida and 59.1% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Polk Pkwy / Cleveland Heights Blvd is currently $2,304, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 64.0% of Florida neighborhoods.
Polk Pkwy / Cleveland Heights Blvd is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Lakeland, Florida.
Polk Pkwy / Cleveland Heights Blvd 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 Polk Pkwy / Cleveland Heights Blvd 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.
In Polk Pkwy / Cleveland Heights Blvd, the current vacancy rate is 0.5%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 92.9% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in Polk Pkwy / Cleveland Heights Blvd is very tight compared to the demand for property here.
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 Lakeland, the Polk Pkwy / Cleveland Heights Blvd neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
The Polk Pkwy / Cleveland Heights Blvd neighborhood has earned the amazing distinction of having one of the highest rates of detached, single-family homes of any neighborhood in the U.S. With 97.9% of the residential real estate here made up of free-standing single-family homes, there is a greater proportion of single-family homes here than in 96.1% of all neighborhoods in America.
The Polk Pkwy / Cleveland Heights Blvd neighborhood is a great option for families, as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's research on this neighborhood. The combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes, make this neighborhood among the top 7.8% of family-friendly neighborhoods in the state of Florida. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a sense of community. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools.
Did you know that the Polk Pkwy / Cleveland Heights Blvd neighborhood has more Haitian and Cuban ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Haitian ancestry and 3.0% have Cuban 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 Polk Pkwy / Cleveland Heights Blvd neighborhood in Lakeland are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 72.3% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 3.5% 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 69.7% of America'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 Polk Pkwy / Cleveland Heights Blvd neighborhood, 41.0% 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 30.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (16.2%), and 12.6% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The most common language spoken in the Polk Pkwy / Cleveland Heights Blvd neighborhood is English, spoken by 87.3% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (12.5%).
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the Polk Pkwy / Cleveland Heights Blvd neighborhood in Lakeland, FL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (13.5%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (9.2%), and residents who report Irish roots (6.3%), and some of the residents are also of Puerto Rican ancestry (5.1%), along with some French ancestry residents (4.0%), 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 Polk Pkwy / Cleveland Heights Blvd neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (39.6% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (80.4%) 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 (10.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.