Rensselaer Falls / SUNY College of Technology at Canton median real estate price is $175,260, which is less expensive than 88.4% of New York neighborhoods and 82.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
The average rental price in Rensselaer Falls / SUNY College of Technology at Canton is currently $1,463, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 86.5% of New York neighborhoods.
Rensselaer Falls / SUNY College of Technology at Canton is a remote neighborhood (based on population density) located in Canton, New York.
Rensselaer Falls / SUNY College of Technology at Canton real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) single-family homes and apartment complexes/high-rise apartments. Most of the residential real estate is renter occupied. Many of the residences in the Rensselaer Falls / SUNY College of Technology at Canton neighborhood are established but not old, having been built between 1970 and 1999. A number of residences were also built before 1940.
Home and apartment vacancy rates are 6.7% in Rensselaer Falls / SUNY College of Technology at Canton. NeighborhoodScout analysis shows that this rate is lower than 55.3% of the neighborhoods in the nation, approximately near the middle range for vacancies.
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.
An extraordinary 24.4% of the residents of the Rensselaer Falls / SUNY College of Technology at Canton neighborhood are currently enrolled in college. This is such a large part of life in this neighborhood that the neighborhood changes a great deal with the change of semesters and is far quieter during the summer when many students are away.
In addition, there is an especially high percentage of incarcerated people (1.5%) living in the Rensselaer Falls / SUNY College of Technology at Canton neighborhood.
Did you know that the Rensselaer Falls / SUNY College of Technology at Canton neighborhood has more French Canadian and Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 6.3% of this neighborhood's residents have French Canadian ancestry and 1.9% have Canadian ancestry.
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 Rensselaer Falls / SUNY College of Technology at Canton neighborhood in Canton are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 88.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 18.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 66.1% 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 Rensselaer Falls / SUNY College of Technology at Canton neighborhood, 46.3% 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 22.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (17.5%), and 14.0% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The most common language spoken in the Rensselaer Falls / SUNY College of Technology at Canton neighborhood is English, spoken by 92.5% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.5%).
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 Rensselaer Falls / SUNY College of Technology at Canton neighborhood in Canton, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (17.5%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (8.2%), and residents who report German roots (8.2%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (8.0%), along with some French Canadian ancestry residents (6.3%), 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 Rensselaer Falls / SUNY College of Technology at Canton neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (55.8% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (69.2%) 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 (10.0%) and 8.6% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.