Median real estate price in the Village Center of Kiryas Joel is $1,075,828, which is more expensive than 75.6% of the neighborhoods in New York and 91.4% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Kiryas Joel Village Center is currently $2,368, based on Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 63.0% of New York neighborhoods.
Kiryas Joel Village Center is a densely urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Kiryas Joel, New York.
Real estate in the Village Center of Kiryas Joel, NY is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to small (studio to two bedroom) apartment complexes/high-rise apartments and small apartment buildings. Most of the residential real estate is renter occupied. Many of the residences in the Village Center neighborhood are newer, built in 2000 or more recently. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.
Kiryas Joel Village Center has a 13.1% vacancy rate, which is well above average compared to other U.S. neighborhoods (higher than 74.0% of American neighborhoods). Most vacant housing here is vacant year round. This could either signal that there is a weak demand for real estate in the neighborhood or that large amount of new housing has been built and not yet occupied. Either way, if you live here, you may find many of the homes or apartments are empty.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
In the Kiryas Joel Village Center neighborhood, walking to work is a real option for many. In fact, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ's exclusive research reveals walking to and from work is the chosen way to commute for 28.4% of residents here. This is a higher proportion of walking commuters than we found in 99.0% of American neighborhoods. Get ready to put on your walking shoes if you move here!
Also, our research revealed that more commuters here take the bus to work (15.1% ride the bus) than 97.5% 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.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ's exclusive research revealed that 98.9% of the adult residents in the Kiryas Joel Village Center neighborhood do not have a 4-year college degree, which is a lower rate of college graduated adults than found in 98.8% of the neighborhoods in America.
In addition, the Kiryas Joel Village Center neighborhood stands out for having an average per capita income lower than 97.8% of the neighborhoods in the United States. The Kiryas Joel Village Center neighborhood also has a greater percentage of children living in poverty (56.5%) than found in 96.2% of all U.S. neighborhoods. Children living in poverty is one of the challenges facing America, and the world, and in this neighborhood in particular, the problem can be considered acute.
Also, astoundingly, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ's research reveals that this single neighborhood has a higher concentration of married couples living here than 97.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods. Whether they have school-aged children or not, married couples are the rule in the Kiryas Joel Village Center neighborhood. If you are a married couple, you may find many people here with a similar lifestyle, and perhaps common interests. But if you are single, you might not find many other singles here.
Finally, one of the really interesting characteristics about the Kiryas Joel Village Center neighborhood is that, according to Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ's exclusive research, it is an excellent choice in which to reside for college students. Due to its popularity among college students who already choose to live here, its walkability, and its above average safety from crime, the neighborhood is ideal for prospective or already-enrolled college students. Between semesters and during school breaks, you'll notice that the excitement here fluctuates with the college seasons. Despite the excitement however, parents of college-age children can rest easy knowing that this neighborhood has an above average safety rating. For each of these reasons, the neighborhood is rated among the top 3.5% of college-friendly places to live in the state of New York.
The real estate in the Kiryas Joel Village Center neighborhood really stands out in the way it looks for a unique reason: this neighborhood has a higher proportion of apartment complexes or high-rise apartments than nearly every neighborhood in the country. Most neighborhoods are a mixture of real estate and housing types, but here it is almost entirely dominated by big apartment buildings and complexes. In fact, 90.0% of the real estate here is classified as apartment complexes or high-rise apartments, which is more than is found in 98.2% of American neighborhoods.
In addition, the Kiryas Joel Village Center neighborhood is very densely populated compared to most U.S. neighborhoods. In fact, with 31,117 persons per square mile in the neighborhood, it is more packed with people than 97.1% of the nation's neighborhoods.
We Americans love our cars. Not only are they a necessity for most Americans due to the shape of our neighborhoods and the distances between where we live, work, shop, and go to school, but we also fancy them. As a result, most households in America have one, two, or three cars. But Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ's exclusive analysis shows that the Kiryas Joel Village Center neighborhood has a highly unusual pattern of car ownership. 35.8% of the households in this neighborhood don't own a car at all. This is more carless households than Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ found in 97.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the Kiryas Joel Village Center neighborhood has more Hungarian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 47.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Hungarian ancestry.
Kiryas Joel Village Center is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 92.0% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. This is a higher percentage than 100.0% 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 Village Center neighborhood in Kiryas Joel are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 97.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 56.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 96.2% 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 Kiryas Joel Village Center neighborhood, 44.2% 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 30.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (13.4%), and 12.0% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
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 Kiryas Joel Village Center neighborhood is German/Yiddish, spoken by 92.0% of households. Other important languages spoken here include English and Spanish.
Ethnicity / Ancestry
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 Village Center neighborhood in Kiryas Joel, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Hungarian (47.7%). There are also a number of people of Arab ancestry (1.7%), and residents who report Russian roots (1.2%).
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 Kiryas Joel Village Center neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (41.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (30.1%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also hop out the door and walk to work to get to work (28.4%) and 15.1% 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.
