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Real Estate Prices & Overview

Cross Key Waterways Estates / Largo Sound Park median real estate price is $699,162, which is more expensive than 79.2% of the neighborhoods in Florida and 77.6% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.

The average rental price in Cross Key Waterways Estates / Largo Sound Park is currently $2,685, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 42.5% of Florida neighborhoods.

Cross Key Waterways Estates / Largo Sound Park is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Key Largo, Florida. This is a coastal neighborhood (i.e., is on the ocean, a bay, or inlet).

Cross Key Waterways Estates / Largo Sound Park real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) single-family homes and mobile homes. Most of the residential real estate is occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Many of the residences in the Cross Key Waterways Estates / Largo Sound Park neighborhood are established but not old, having been built between 1970 and 1999. A number of residences were also built between 2000 and the present.

Vacant apartments or homes are a major fact of life in Cross Key Waterways Estates / Largo Sound Park. The current real estate vacancy rate here is 40.8%. This is higher than the rate of vacancies in 97.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods. A relatively large percentage of housing here is seasonally occupied (36.3%). This can occur in vacation areas, and occasionally it is also found in neighborhoods that are primarily filled with college students, as some apartments could be vacant when school is not in session. If you live here year round, you may find that a number of buildings in your neighborhood are actually empty.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

Real Estate

Cross Key Waterways Estates / Largo Sound Park is a neighborhood that is on the ocean, a bay, or inlet. Many times, such places have amenities that bring locals and visitors to the waterfront for recreational activities or to check out the scenery. In some densely populated areas that are less financially well-off, the neighborhood waterfront can be relatively industrial and less open to recreation. In addition to being coastal, Cross Key Waterways Estates / Largo Sound Park is a very nautical neighborhood, meaning that it is somewhat historic, walkable, densely populated and on the water. This gives the neighborhood a very nautical feel, with some seaside and shipping feel, which some may really enjoy the sights and sounds of.

In addition, despite all of the residential real estate here in the Cross Key Waterways Estates / Largo Sound Park neighborhood, NeighborhoodScout has discovered that much of it is vacant. In resort or second-home vacation areas, this naturally occurs because homes and apartments are seasonally occupied, and empty for a portion of the year. In non-vacation or resort areas, however, this can be an indicator of property abandonment or a weak real estate market. The vacancy rate here is 40.8%, which is higher than 97.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

People

In a nation where 1 out of every 4 children lives in poverty, the Cross Key Waterways Estates / Largo Sound Park neighborhood stands out as being ranked among the lowest 0.0% of neighborhoods affected by this global issue.

In addition, if you're planning where to retire, the Cross Key Waterways Estates / Largo Sound Park neighborhood in Key Largo is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in FL, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 89.2% of the neighborhoods in Florida. If you are considering retiring to Florida, this is a good neighborhood to look at.

Occupations

From major sales accounts to fast-food workers, sales and service employees are often the backbone of the local economy. In the Cross Key Waterways Estates / Largo Sound Park neighborhood, they truly stand out. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis identifies this neighborhood as having a higher percentage of sales and service workers than 96.4% of all American neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the Cross Key Waterways Estates / Largo Sound Park neighborhood has more Cuban and Lithuanian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 20.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Cuban ancestry and 1.2% have Lithuanian ancestry.

The Neighbors

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 Cross Key Waterways Estates / Largo Sound Park neighborhood in Key Largo are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 42.4% 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.

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 Cross Key Waterways Estates / Largo Sound Park neighborhood, 39.1% 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 executive, management, and professional occupations, with 31.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (17.8%), and 11.1% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the Cross Key Waterways Estates / Largo Sound Park neighborhood is English, spoken by 69.5% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (30.0%).

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 Cross Key Waterways Estates / Largo Sound Park neighborhood in Key Largo, FL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Cuban (20.9%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (15.6%), and residents who report English roots (11.7%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (9.6%), along with some French ancestry residents (5.6%), among others. In addition, 28.2% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.

Getting to Work

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 Cross Key Waterways Estates / Largo Sound Park neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (31.6% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (70.3%) 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 (21.3%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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