Bowman Heights / City of Tampa median real estate price is $580,869, which is more expensive than 71.6% of the neighborhoods in Florida and 73.2% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Bowman Heights / City of Tampa is currently $2,104, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 72.3% of Florida neighborhoods.
Bowman Heights / City of Tampa is an urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Tampa, Florida.
Bowman Heights / City of Tampa 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 Bowman Heights / City of Tampa neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.
Real estate vacancies in Bowman Heights / City of Tampa are 3.4%, which is lower than one will find in 77.5% of American neighborhoods. Demand for real estate in Bowman Heights / City of Tampa is above average for the U.S., and may signal some demand for either price increases or new construction of residential product for this neighborhood.
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.
Did you know that the Bowman Heights / City of Tampa neighborhood has more Cuban ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 34.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Cuban ancestry.
Bowman Heights / City of Tampa is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 66.0% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 96.8% 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 Bowman Heights / City of Tampa neighborhood in Tampa are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 77.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 52.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 95.0% of U.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 Bowman Heights / City of Tampa neighborhood, 34.5% 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 33.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (25.2%), and 6.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the Bowman Heights / City of Tampa neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 66.0% of households. Some people also speak English (30.8%).
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 Bowman Heights / City of Tampa neighborhood in Tampa, FL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Cuban (34.6%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (16.9%), and residents who report Italian roots (7.3%), and some of the residents are also of Puerto Rican ancestry (4.9%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (4.4%), among others. In addition, 41.4% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
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 Bowman Heights / City of Tampa neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (37.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (77.6%) 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 (12.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.