Avenue W / E 22nd St median real estate price is $1,304,447, which is more expensive than 82.6% of the neighborhoods in New York and 94.3% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Avenue W / E 22nd St is currently $2,784, based on Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 53.9% of New York neighborhoods.
Avenue W / E 22nd St is a densely urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Brooklyn, New York.
Avenue W / E 22nd St real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) apartment complexes/high-rise apartments and small apartment buildings. Most of the residential real estate is occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Many of the residences in the Avenue W / E 22nd St neighborhood are relatively historic, built no later than 1939, and in some cases, quite a bit earlier. A number of residences were also built between 1940 and 1969.
Vacant apartments or homes are a major fact of life in Avenue W / E 22nd St. The current real estate vacancy rate here is 17.1%. This is higher than the rate of vacancies in 83.4% 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.
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 Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ's exclusive exploration and analysis.
In a nation where 1 out of every 4 children lives in poverty, the Avenue W / E 22nd St neighborhood stands out as being ranked among the lowest 0.0% of neighborhoods affected by this global issue.
Whether walking, biking, riding, or driving, the length of one's commute is an important factor for one's quality of life. The Avenue W / E 22nd St neighborhood stands out for its commute length, according to Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ's analysis. Long commutes can be brutal. They take time, money, and energy, leaving less of you for yourself and your family. The residents of the Avenue W / E 22nd St neighborhood unfortunately have the distinction of having, on average, a longer commute than most any neighborhood in America. 21.1% of commuters here travel more than one hour just one-way to work. That is more than two hours per day. This percentage with two-hour + round-trip commutes is higher than Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ found in 99.6% of all neighborhoods in America.
If you like to ride the train to work, this neighborhood may be for you. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ's research revealed that 47.6% of the Avenue W / E 22nd St neighborhood's commuters ride the train to and from work each day, which is more than we found in 99.4% of America's neighborhoods.
The Avenue W / E 22nd St neighborhood is very densely populated compared to most U.S. neighborhoods. In fact, with 47,347 persons per square mile in the neighborhood, it is more packed with people than 98.3% of the nation's neighborhoods. 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 Avenue W / E 22nd St neighborhood is among the top 5% of American neighborhoods in terms of walkability.
In addition, corner bodegas, stores on the first floor and apartments above, former grand Victorian residences converted into apartments, three-deckers built shoulder-to-shoulder, duplexes. Such building types define the real estate of neighborhoods dominated by small 2, 3, and 4 unit apartment buildings. Many are in older core neighborhoods of Eastern and Midwestern cities, or historic town centers in their hinterlands. If you wax romantic about the look and feel of such neighborhoods, with fresh pizza, falafel and an independent florist at the corner, then you might find the Avenue W / E 22nd St neighborhood worth a close look. This neighborhood is an absolutely outstanding example of the dominance of small 2, 3, and 4 unit apartment buildings compared to neighborhoods across the nation, as they make up a substantial portion of this neighborhood's real estate stock. In fact, no less than 37.9% of the real estate here is made up of such dwellings, which is higher than 96.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
American households most often have a car, and regularly they have two or three. But households in the Avenue W / E 22nd St neighborhood buck this trend. 36.3% of the households in this neighborhood don't own a car at all. This is more carless households than Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ found in 97.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the Avenue W / E 22nd St neighborhood has more Ukrainian and Russian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 10.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Ukrainian ancestry and 6.6% have Russian ancestry.
Avenue W / E 22nd St is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 9.9% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Russian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.9% of the neighborhoods in America.
The freedom of moving to new places versus the comfort of home. How much and how often people move not only can create diverse and worldly neighborhoods, but simultaneously it can produce a loss of intimacy with one's surroundings and a lack of connectedness to one's neighbors. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ's exclusive research has identified this neighborhood as unique with regard to the transience of its populace. What is interesting to note, is that the Avenue W / E 22nd St neighborhood has a greater percentage of residents born in another country (59.6%) 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. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the Avenue W / E 22nd St neighborhood in Brooklyn are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 65.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. 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.
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 Avenue W / E 22nd St neighborhood, 41.5% 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 26.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.1%), and 10.2% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
Languages
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 Avenue W / E 22nd St neighborhood is Chinese, spoken by 39.7% of households. Other important languages spoken here include English and Russian.
Ethnicity / Ancestry
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 Avenue W / E 22nd St neighborhood in Brooklyn, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Asian (44.6%). There are also a number of people of Ukrainian ancestry (10.4%), and residents who report Russian roots (6.6%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (5.5%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (3.4%), among others. In addition, 59.6% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
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 Avenue W / E 22nd St neighborhood spend between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (43.2% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (47.6%) take the train to get to work. In addition, quite a number also drive alone in a private automobile to get to work (19.1%) and 8.5% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. This neighborhood is distinguished by the high number of residents who take the train to work each day, which can be a very good way to get to work at a lower cost and with less pollution.
