Median real estate price in the Borough Center of Penns Grove is $211,217, which is less expensive than 96.3% of New Jersey neighborhoods and 76.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
The average rental price in Penns Grove Borough Center is currently $2,307, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 87.3% of New Jersey neighborhoods.
Penns Grove Borough Center is an urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Penns Grove, New Jersey.
Real estate in the Borough Center of Penns Grove, NJ 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 Borough Center neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built before 1940.
Vacant apartments or homes are a major fact of life in Penns Grove Borough Center. The current real estate vacancy rate here is 26.1%. This is higher than the rate of vacancies in 92.6% of all U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, most vacant housing here is vacant year round. This can sometimes be the case in neighborhoods dominated by new construction that is not yet occupied. But often neighborhoods with vacancy rates this high are places that can be plagued by a protracted vacancy problem. If you live here, you may find that a number of buildings in your neighborhood are actually empty.
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 Penns Grove, the Borough Center neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Our research reveals that 89.9% of commuters who live in the Penns Grove Borough Center neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 96.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the Penns Grove Borough Center neighborhood has more Puerto Rican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 18.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Puerto Rican 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 Borough Center neighborhood in Penns Grove are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 87.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 48.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 93.4% of U.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 Penns Grove Borough Center neighborhood, 32.4% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 27.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (24.5%), and 15.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the Penns Grove Borough Center neighborhood is English, spoken by 82.5% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (15.1%).
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 Borough Center neighborhood in Penns Grove, NJ, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Puerto Rican (18.0%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (8.4%), and residents who report German roots (5.6%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (5.1%), along with some English ancestry residents (4.9%), among others.
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 Penns Grove Borough Center neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (47.3% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (89.9%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.