Hamilton Park / Cedar Crest College median real estate price is $299,070, which is more expensive than 55.2% of the neighborhoods in Pennsylvania and 39.6% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Hamilton Park / Cedar Crest College is currently $1,890, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 41.2% of Pennsylvania neighborhoods.
Hamilton Park / Cedar Crest College is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Hamilton Park / Cedar Crest College real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to small (studio to two bedroom) single-family homes and townhomes. Most of the residential real estate is owner occupied. Many of the residences in the Hamilton Park / Cedar Crest College neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.
In Hamilton Park / Cedar Crest College, the current vacancy rate is 2.4%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 83.8% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in Hamilton Park / Cedar Crest College is very tight compared to the demand for property here.
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 18.1% of the residents of the Hamilton Park / Cedar Crest College 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, the Hamilton Park / Cedar Crest College neighborhood stands out within Pennsylvania for its college student friendly environment. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that this neighborhood is home to a number of college students, is relatively walkable, and above average in safety. In combination, this makes it stand out for a good place for college students to consider. Because a number of college students live here, this neighborhood may be close to a college campus and offer certain amenities nearby geared towards the student body. While it's not an environment for everyone, ambitious scholars can enjoy seasonal excitement between semesters and school breaks, and parents can rest easy knowing that the area has an above average safety rating. For each of these reasons, the neighborhood is rated among the top 9.8% of college-friendly places to live in PA.
Did you know that the Hamilton Park / Cedar Crest College neighborhood has more Czechoslovakian and Hungarian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Czechoslovakian ancestry and 2.8% have Hungarian ancestry.
Hamilton Park / Cedar Crest College is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 11.4% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Italian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.4% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Hamilton Park / Cedar Crest College neighborhood in Allentown are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 44.4% of the neighborhoods in America. With 21.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 71.0% 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 Hamilton Park / Cedar Crest College neighborhood, 47.1% 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 20.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (19.2%), and 13.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support 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 Hamilton Park / Cedar Crest College neighborhood is English, spoken by 88.0% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian, Spanish and Polish.
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 Hamilton Park / Cedar Crest College neighborhood in Allentown, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (24.1%). There are also a number of people of Italian ancestry (16.3%), and residents who report Irish roots (10.9%), and some of the residents are also of Puerto Rican ancestry (9.2%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (6.6%), 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 Hamilton Park / Cedar Crest College neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (45.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (68.1%) 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 (8.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.