W 168th St / St Nicholas Ave median real estate price is $580,859, which is more expensive than 42.9% of the neighborhoods in New York and 72.3% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in W 168th St / St Nicholas Ave is currently $2,456, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 61.5% of New York neighborhoods.
W 168th St / St Nicholas Ave is a densely urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in New York, New York.
W 168th St / St Nicholas Ave 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 renter occupied. Many of the residences in the W 168th St / St Nicholas Ave 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.
Home and apartment vacancy rates are 9.1% in W 168th St / St Nicholas Ave. NeighborhoodScout analysis shows that this rate is lower than 41.0% of the neighborhoods in the nation, approximately near the middle range for vacancies.
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 New York, the W 168th St / St Nicholas Ave neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
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 NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis shows that the W 168th St / St Nicholas Ave neighborhood has a highly unusual pattern of car ownership. 80.8% of the households in this neighborhood don't own a car at all. This is more carless households than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.
One of the really unique and interesting things about the look and setting of the W 168th St / St Nicholas Ave neighborhood is that it is almost entirely dominated by large apartment buildings, such as apartment complexes or high-rise apartments. 98.0% of the residential real estate here is classified as such. This puts this neighborhood on the map as having a higher proportion of large apartment buildings than 99.6% of all neighborhoods in America.
In addition, 100.0% of the real estate in the W 168th St / St Nicholas Ave neighborhood is occupied by renters, which is nearly the highest rate of renter occupancy of any neighborhood in America.
Furthermore, the W 168th St / St Nicholas Ave neighborhood is very densely populated compared to most U.S. neighborhoods. In fact, with 37,155 persons per square mile in the neighborhood, it is more packed with people than 97.7% 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 W 168th St / St Nicholas Ave neighborhood is among the top 5% of American neighborhoods in terms of walkability.
Also of note, the W 168th St / St Nicholas Ave neighborhood is very unique in that it has one of the highest proportions of one, two, or no bedroom real estate of any neighborhood in America. Most neighborhoods have a mixture of home or apartment sizes from small to large, but here the concentration of studios and other small living spaces is at near-record heights. With 82.5% of the real estate here of this small size, this most assuredly is a notable feature that makes this neighborhood unique, along with just a handful of other neighborhoods in the U.S. that share this characteristic.
In the W 168th St / St Nicholas Ave neighborhood, 51.4% 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 99.6% of the neighborhoods in America.
Also, more people in W 168th St / St Nicholas Ave choose to walk to work each day (24.1%) than almost any neighborhood in America. If you are attracted to the idea of being able to walk to work, this neighborhood could be a good choice.
Finally, our research revealed that more commuters here take the bus to work (12.3% ride the bus) than 96.4% 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.
There are more people living in the W 168th St / St Nicholas Ave neighborhood employed as sales and service workers (62.2%) than almost any neighborhood in the country. From fast-food service workers to major sales accounts, sales and service workers make up the largest proportion of our national employment picture. But despite that size and importance nationally, this neighborhood still stands out as unique due to the dominance of people living here who work in such occupations.
Did you know that the W 168th St / St Nicholas Ave neighborhood has more Dominican and Croatian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 53.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Dominican ancestry and 1.0% have Croatian ancestry.
W 168th St / St Nicholas Ave is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 66.4% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 96.9% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
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 W 168th St / St Nicholas Ave neighborhood. What is interesting to note, is that the W 168th St / St Nicholas Ave neighborhood has a greater percentage of residents born in another country (49.8%) than are found in 97.5% 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 W 168th St / St Nicholas Ave neighborhood in New York are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 92.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 30.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 82.6% 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 W 168th St / St Nicholas Ave neighborhood, 37.8% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 27.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (17.3%), and 17.1% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
Languages
The most common language spoken in the W 168th St / St Nicholas Ave neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 66.4% of households. Some people also speak English (24.7%).
Ethnicity / Ancestry
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the W 168th St / St Nicholas Ave neighborhood in New York, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Dominican (53.0%). There are also a number of people of Puerto Rican ancestry (9.0%), and residents who report Asian roots (4.2%), and some of the residents are also of South American ancestry (3.6%), along with some Sub-Saharan African ancestry residents (1.9%), among others. In addition, 49.8% 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 W 168th St / St Nicholas Ave neighborhood spend between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (33.6% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (51.4%) take the train to get to work. In addition, quite a number also hop out the door and walk to work to get to work (24.1%) and 12.3% of residents also ride the bus 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.
