Allapattah Northwest median real estate price is $458,043, which is more expensive than 54.6% of the neighborhoods in Florida and 61.9% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Allapattah Northwest is currently $2,640, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 49.7% of Florida neighborhoods.
Allapattah Northwest is a densely urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Miami, Florida.
Allapattah Northwest real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four 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 Allapattah Northwest neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.
In Allapattah Northwest, the current vacancy rate is 2.0%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 86.3% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in Allapattah Northwest 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 Miami, the Allapattah Northwest neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
The Allapattah Northwest neighborhood has a greater percentage of children living in poverty (66.6%) than found in 98.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods. Children living in poverty is one of the challenges facing America, and the world, and in this neighborhood in particular, the problem can be considered acute.
In addition, the Allapattah Northwest neighborhood stands out within Florida for its college student friendly environment. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that this neighborhood is home to a number of college students, is relatively walkable, and above average in safety. In combination, this makes it stand out for a good place for college students to consider. Because a number of college students live here, this neighborhood may be close to a college campus and offer certain amenities nearby geared towards the student body. While it's not an environment for everyone, ambitious scholars can enjoy seasonal excitement between semesters and school breaks, and parents can rest easy knowing that the area has an above average safety rating. For each of these reasons, the neighborhood is rated among the top 8.6% of college-friendly places to live in FL.
American households most often have a car, and regularly they have two or three. But households in the Allapattah Northwest neighborhood buck this trend. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 34.6% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 95.9% of the neighborhoods in the nation.
There are more people living in the Allapattah Northwest neighborhood employed as sales and service workers (61.2%) than almost any neighborhood in the country. From fast-food service workers to major sales accounts, sales and service workers make up the largest proportion of our national employment picture. But despite that size and importance nationally, this neighborhood still stands out as unique due to the dominance of people living here who work in such occupations.
The freedom of moving to new places versus the comfort of home. How much and how often people move not only can create diverse and worldly neighborhoods, but simultaneously it can produce a loss of intimacy with one's surroundings and a lack of connectedness to one's neighbors. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research has identified this neighborhood as unique with regard to the transience of its populace. What is interesting to note, is that the Allapattah Northwest neighborhood has a greater percentage of residents born in another country (74.3%) than are found in 99.9% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the Allapattah Northwest neighborhood has more Cuban and South American ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 35.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Cuban ancestry and 12.7% have South American ancestry.
Allapattah Northwest is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 87.2% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 99.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
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 Allapattah Northwest neighborhood in Miami are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 84.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 66.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 98.0% of U.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 Allapattah Northwest neighborhood, 38.8% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 27.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (18.2%), and 15.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the Allapattah Northwest neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 87.2% of households. Some people also speak English (12.5%).
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 Allapattah Northwest neighborhood in Miami, FL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Cuban (35.5%). There are also a number of people of South American ancestry (12.7%), and residents who report Dominican roots (5.8%), and some of the residents are also of Sub-Saharan African ancestry (2.7%), along with some African ancestry residents (2.7%), among others. In addition, 74.3% 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 Allapattah Northwest neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (44.9% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (77.8%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also ride the bus to get to work (8.4%) and 8.0% of residents also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors 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.