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Real Estate Prices & Overview

Pleasant View Gardens / Dunbar-Broadway median real estate price is $343,697, which is less expensive than 72.4% of Maryland neighborhoods and 52.9% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

The average rental price in Pleasant View Gardens / Dunbar-Broadway is currently $1,154, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 98.8% of Maryland neighborhoods.

Pleasant View Gardens / Dunbar-Broadway is an urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Baltimore, Maryland.

Pleasant View Gardens / Dunbar-Broadway real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) townhomes and apartment complexes/high-rise apartments. Most of the residential real estate is renter occupied. Many of the residences in the Pleasant View Gardens / Dunbar-Broadway neighborhood are established but not old, having been built between 1970 and 1999. A number of residences were also built between 1940 and 1969.

Pleasant View Gardens / Dunbar-Broadway has a 13.3% vacancy rate, which is well above average compared to other U.S. neighborhoods (higher than 73.6% of American neighborhoods). Most vacant housing here is vacant year round. This could either signal that there is a weak demand for real estate in the neighborhood or that large amount of new housing has been built and not yet occupied. Either way, if you live here, you may find many of the homes or apartments are empty.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

Modes of Transportation

More people ride the bus in this neighborhood each day to get to work than 100.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Also, more people in Pleasant View Gardens / Dunbar-Broadway choose to walk to work each day (18.0%) than almost any neighborhood in America. If you are attracted to the idea of being able to walk to work, this neighborhood could be a good choice.

People

One of the unique characteristics of the Pleasant View Gardens / Dunbar-Broadway neighborhood revealed by analysis is that the per capita income of residents here is lower than that found in 99.9% of the neighborhoods in America. The Pleasant View Gardens / Dunbar-Broadway neighborhood also has a greater percentage of children living in poverty (76.9%) than found in 99.1% 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, of particular note, 3.7% of the people in the Pleasant View Gardens / Dunbar-Broadway neighborhood currently reside in a correction facility, held due to punishment for a crime.

Also, the Pleasant View Gardens / Dunbar-Broadway neighborhood is unique for having just 6.0% of adults here having earned a bachelor's degree. This is a lower rate of college graduates than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.3% of America's neighborhoods.

Occupations

From major sales accounts to fast-food workers, sales and service employees are often the backbone of the local economy. In the Pleasant View Gardens / Dunbar-Broadway neighborhood, they truly stand out. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis identifies this neighborhood as having a higher percentage of sales and service workers than 99.8% of all American neighborhoods.

Car Ownership

Most American households own a car or other vehicle. Many own two cars or perhaps three. In the United States, it is useful to have an automobile not only for commuting, but also for shopping and getting to other services one needs. But NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed that households in the Pleasant View Gardens / Dunbar-Broadway neighborhood have a highly unusual car ownership. 64.7% of the households in this neighborhood don't own a car at all. This is more carless households than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Real Estate

Many people dream of living along a street lined with row houses or other attached homes. Such places do often have an abundance of charm. If you are one of these people, the Pleasant View Gardens / Dunbar-Broadway neighborhood could be your paradise. With 56.4% of the homes and real estate here classified as rowhouses or other attached homes, this neighborhood brims with opportunity to find the right place for you. Only 0.9% of U.S. neighborhoods have more row houses than this neighborhood, making it one of the most interesting things about this special neighborhood.

In addition, 96.8% of the real estate in the Pleasant View Gardens / Dunbar-Broadway neighborhood is occupied by renters, which is nearly the highest rate of renter occupancy of any neighborhood in America.

Diversity

Did you know that the Pleasant View Gardens / Dunbar-Broadway neighborhood has more Jamaican and African ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 7.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Jamaican ancestry and 8.5% have African ancestry.

The Neighbors

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 Pleasant View Gardens / Dunbar-Broadway neighborhood in Baltimore are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 99.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 76.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 99.1% 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 Pleasant View Gardens / Dunbar-Broadway neighborhood, 55.8% 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 executive, management, and professional occupations, with 19.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (14.0%), and 10.7% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the Pleasant View Gardens / Dunbar-Broadway neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.5% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Pleasant View Gardens / Dunbar-Broadway neighborhood in Baltimore, MD, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Sub-Saharan African (12.2%). There are also a number of people of African ancestry (8.5%), and residents who report Jamaican roots (7.0%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (1.9%).

Getting to Work

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 Pleasant View Gardens / Dunbar-Broadway neighborhood spend between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (32.6% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.

Here most residents (48.6%) ride the bus to get to work. In addition, quite a number also drive alone in a private automobile to get to work (18.2%) and 18.0% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. The bus provides a valuable service in the Pleasant View Gardens / Dunbar-Broadway neighborhood of Baltimore by getting a lot of residents to and from work daily, reducing the costs of commuting and reducing some congestion on the roads as well.


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