Chester Park umd / University of Minnesota Duluth median real estate price is $346,183, which is more expensive than 45.1% of the neighborhoods in Minnesota and 45.4% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Chester Park umd / University of Minnesota Duluth is currently $2,202, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. The average rental cost in this neighborhood is higher than 72.1% of the neighborhoods in Minnesota.
Chester Park umd / University of Minnesota Duluth is an urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Duluth, Minnesota.
Chester Park umd / University of Minnesota Duluth real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) single-family homes and apartment complexes/high-rise apartments. Most of the residential real estate is renter occupied. Many of the residences in the Chester Park umd / University of Minnesota Duluth 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.
Real estate vacancies in Chester Park umd / University of Minnesota Duluth are 4.8%, which is lower than one will find in 66.3% of American neighborhoods. Demand for real estate in Chester Park umd / University of Minnesota Duluth is above average for the U.S., and may signal some demand for either price increases or new construction of residential product for this neighborhood.
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 Duluth, the Chester Park umd / University of Minnesota Duluth neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Of note is NeighborhoodScout's research finding that the Chester Park umd / University of Minnesota Duluth neighborhood has some of the lowest rates of children living in poverty of any neighborhood in the United States. In a nation where approximately 1 in 4 children are living in poverty, the Chester Park umd / University of Minnesota Duluth community truly stands out from the rest in this regard.
In addition, an extraordinary 66.9% of the residents of the Chester Park umd / University of Minnesota Duluth 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.
Also, one of the really interesting characteristics about the Chester Park umd / University of Minnesota Duluth neighborhood is that, according to NeighborhoodScout'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 1.3% of college-friendly places to live in the state of Minnesota.
In the Chester Park umd / University of Minnesota Duluth neighborhood, walking to work is a real option for many. In fact, NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research reveals walking to and from work is the chosen way to commute for 17.4% of residents here. This is a higher proportion of walking commuters than we found in 97.7% of American neighborhoods. Get ready to put on your walking shoes if you move here!
American households most often have a car, and regularly they have two or three. But households in the Chester Park umd / University of Minnesota Duluth neighborhood buck this trend. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 37.8% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 97.4% of the neighborhoods in the nation.
From major sales accounts to fast-food workers, sales and service employees are often the backbone of the local economy. In the Chester Park umd / University of Minnesota Duluth neighborhood, they truly stand out. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis identifies this neighborhood as having a higher percentage of sales and service workers than 96.5% of all American neighborhoods.
85.6% of the real estate in the Chester Park umd / University of Minnesota Duluth neighborhood is occupied by renters, which is nearly the highest rate of renter occupancy of any neighborhood in America.
Whether walking, biking, riding, or driving, the length of one's commute is an important factor for one's quality of life. The Chester Park umd / University of Minnesota Duluth neighborhood stands out for its commute length, according to NeighborhoodScout's analysis. Residents of the Chester Park umd / University of Minnesota Duluth neighborhood have the pleasure of having one of the shortest commutes to work of any neighborhood in America. 57.7% of the residents have a commute time from home to work (one way) of less than fifteen minutes. This is a higher proportion of residents enjoying a short trip to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. Less time commuting means more time for other things in life.
Did you know that the Chester Park umd / University of Minnesota Duluth neighborhood has more Swedish and Finnish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 12.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Swedish ancestry and 4.0% have Finnish ancestry.
Chester Park umd / University of Minnesota Duluth is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 0.1% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Mon-Khmer, which is the dominant language of Cambodia, at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 95.2% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Chester Park umd / University of Minnesota Duluth neighborhood. In the Chester Park umd / University of Minnesota Duluth neighborhood, a greater proportion of the residents living here today did not live here five years ago than is found in 99.6% of U.S. Neighborhoods. This neighborhood, more than almost any other in America, has new residents from other areas.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the Chester Park umd / University of Minnesota Duluth neighborhood in Duluth are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 80.0% 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 Chester Park umd / University of Minnesota Duluth neighborhood, 39.3% 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 24.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (19.0%), and 17.1% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
Languages
The most common language spoken in the Chester Park umd / University of Minnesota Duluth neighborhood is English, spoken by 94.8% of households.
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 Chester Park umd / University of Minnesota Duluth neighborhood in Duluth, MN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (32.0%). There are also a number of people of Norwegian ancestry (13.6%), and residents who report Swedish roots (12.8%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (9.4%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (6.4%), among others.
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 Chester Park umd / University of Minnesota Duluth neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (57.7% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (54.2%) 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 (17.4%) and 6.3% of residents also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors 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.
