Hedrick Grove / Sandy Grove median real estate price is $268,169, which is less expensive than 61.2% of North Carolina neighborhoods and 66.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
The average rental price in Hedrick Grove / Sandy Grove is currently $1,445, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 74.0% of North Carolina neighborhoods.
Hedrick Grove / Sandy Grove is a rural neighborhood (based on population density) located in Lexington, North Carolina.
Hedrick Grove / Sandy Grove real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to small (studio to two bedroom) single-family homes and small apartment buildings. Most of the residential real estate is owner occupied. Many of the residences in the Hedrick Grove / Sandy Grove 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.
Real estate vacancies in Hedrick Grove / Sandy Grove are 3.2%, which is lower than one will find in 79.2% of American neighborhoods. Demand for real estate in Hedrick Grove / Sandy Grove 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.
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 Lexington, the Hedrick Grove / Sandy Grove neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
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Significantly, 1.1% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Japanese at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.8% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Hedrick Grove / Sandy Grove neighborhood in Lexington are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 80.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 13.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 57.0% 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 Hedrick Grove / Sandy Grove neighborhood, 44.2% 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 26.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (22.1%), and 7.7% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.
The most common language spoken in the Hedrick Grove / Sandy Grove neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.3% of households. Some people also speak Italian (2.3%).
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 Hedrick Grove / Sandy Grove neighborhood in Lexington, NC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (21.7%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (13.3%), and residents who report Irish roots (8.1%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (4.1%), along with some Asian ancestry residents (3.5%), 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 Hedrick Grove / Sandy Grove neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (39.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (86.3%) 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 (10.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.