94th Rd / 218th St median real estate price is $742,067, which is more expensive than 56.7% of the neighborhoods in New York and 82.2% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in 94th Rd / 218th St is currently $2,817, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 55.5% of New York neighborhoods.
94th Rd / 218th St is a densely urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Queens, New York.
94th Rd / 218th St 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 occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Many of the residences in the 94th Rd / 218th St neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built before 1940.
In 94th Rd / 218th St, the current vacancy rate is 2.7%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 81.9% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in 94th Rd / 218th St is very tight compared to the demand for property here.
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 Queens, the 94th Rd / 218th St neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
In a nation where 1 out of every 4 children lives in poverty, the 94th Rd / 218th St neighborhood stands out as being ranked among the lowest 0.0% of neighborhoods affected by this global issue.
In the 94th Rd / 218th St neighborhood, 22.6% of people ride the train to work each day. This is a very high percentage compared to most places. In fact, NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that this is a higher level of train ridership than in 97.5% of the neighborhoods in America.
Also, our research revealed that more commuters here take the bus to work (15.2% ride the bus) than 97.4% of all American neighborhoods. If you like the idea of leaving your car and home and hopping the bus to work, this might be a good neighborhood for you to consider.
If you like crowded places, then you will probably enjoy the the 94th Rd / 218th St neighborhood. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive data analysis, this neighborhood is more densely populated than 95.2% of neighborhoods in the U.S., with 21,092 people per square mile living here. Even if you drive or take transit to your place of employment, many people enjoy being able to walk in their neighborhood. What many people don't realize is that most of America's premier vacation locations are also very walkable. The 94th Rd / 218th St neighborhood is among the top 5% of American neighborhoods in terms of walkability.
Did you know that the 94th Rd / 218th St neighborhood has more Haitian and Asian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 11.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Haitian ancestry and 26.2% have Asian ancestry.
94th Rd / 218th St is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 10.1% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak French at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.1% of the neighborhoods in America.
Some neighborhoods have more internal cohesiveness than others. While other neighborhoods feel like a collection of strangers who just happen to live near each other. Sometimes this comes down to not only the personalities of the people in a place, but how long people have been together in that neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research has revealed some interesting things about the rootedness of people in the 94th Rd / 218th St neighborhood. What is interesting to note, is that the 94th Rd / 218th St neighborhood has a greater percentage of residents born in another country (58.8%) than are found in 99.1% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
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 94th Rd / 218th St neighborhood in Queens are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 48.7% 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 94th Rd / 218th St neighborhood, 43.1% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 20.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.8%), and 16.4% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the 94th Rd / 218th St neighborhood is English, spoken by 68.7% of households. Other important languages spoken here include French, Spanish and Tagalog (the first language of the Philippine region).
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 94th Rd / 218th St neighborhood in Queens, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Asian (26.2%). There are also a number of people of Haitian ancestry (11.7%), and residents who report Puerto Rican roots (4.0%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (3.8%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (3.0%), among others. In addition, 58.8% 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 94th Rd / 218th St neighborhood spend between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (64.4% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (41.6%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also take the train to get to work (22.6%) and 15.2% of residents also ride the bus 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.