Oak Tree Meadows / Kimberly Downs median real estate price is $335,928, which is more expensive than 68.7% of the neighborhoods in Kansas and 42.4% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Oak Tree Meadows / Kimberly Downs is currently $2,160, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. The average rental cost in this neighborhood is higher than 87.7% of the neighborhoods in Kansas.
Oak Tree Meadows / Kimberly Downs is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Overland Park, Kansas.
Oak Tree Meadows / Kimberly Downs real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to small (studio to two 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 Oak Tree Meadows / Kimberly Downs 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 Oak Tree Meadows / Kimberly Downs, the current vacancy rate is 0.5%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 92.8% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in Oak Tree Meadows / Kimberly Downs 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.
Of note is NeighborhoodScout's research finding that the Oak Tree Meadows / Kimberly Downs neighborhood has some of the lowest rates of children living in poverty of any neighborhood in the United States. In a nation where approximately 1 in 4 children are living in poverty, the Oak Tree Meadows / Kimberly Downs community truly stands out from the rest in this regard.
In addition, astoundingly, the Oak Tree Meadows / Kimberly Downs neighborhood has one of the highest concentrations of divorcees living here than of any neighborhood, a higher concentration than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. This may be because people living here divorce more often than others, or that divorced people move here after they become divorced. If you are divorced, you will be in good company in this particular Overland Park neighborhood.
Most neighborhoods are composed of a mixture of ages of homes, but the Oak Tree Meadows / Kimberly Downs stands out as rather unique in having nearly all of its residential real estate built in one time period, namely between 1970 and 1999, generally considered to be established, but not old housing. What you'll sense when you look around or drive the streets of this neighborhood is that many of the residences look the same because of this similarity of age. In fact, 89.0% of the residential real estate here was built in this one time period.
In addition, if you love row houses and attached homes, you will probably really like the Oak Tree Meadows / Kimberly Downs 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, 27.1% of the residential real estate here is classified as row houses and attached homes.
Did you know that the Oak Tree Meadows / Kimberly Downs neighborhood has more Croatian and English ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Croatian ancestry and 21.9% have English ancestry.
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 Oak Tree Meadows / Kimberly Downs neighborhood in Overland Park are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 62.6% 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.
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 Oak Tree Meadows / Kimberly Downs neighborhood, 49.3% 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 23.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (15.2%), and 12.2% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The most common language spoken in the Oak Tree Meadows / Kimberly Downs neighborhood is English, spoken by 86.4% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (7.1%).
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 Oak Tree Meadows / Kimberly Downs neighborhood in Overland Park, KS, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (21.9%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (21.1%), and residents who report Irish roots (18.9%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (4.2%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (4.0%), among others. In addition, 10.9% 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 Oak Tree Meadows / Kimberly Downs neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (41.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (73.3%) 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 (6.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.