Curtis Rd / Perimeter St median real estate price is $184,929, which is less expensive than 81.6% of North Carolina neighborhoods and 82.6% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
The average rental price in Curtis Rd / Perimeter St is currently $2,542, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. The average rental cost in this neighborhood is higher than 81.0% of the neighborhoods in North Carolina.
Curtis Rd / Perimeter St is a rural neighborhood (based on population density) located in Jacksonville, North Carolina. This is a coastal neighborhood (i.e., is on the ocean, a bay, or inlet).
Curtis Rd / Perimeter St real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to large (four, five or more bedroom) single-family homes and townhomes. Most of the residential real estate is renter occupied. Many of the residences in the Curtis Rd / Perimeter St 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.
In Curtis Rd / Perimeter St, the current vacancy rate is 2.0%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 86.3% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in Curtis Rd / Perimeter St is very tight compared to the demand for property here.
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 NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Real Estate
Curtis Rd / Perimeter St 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, Curtis Rd / Perimeter St 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, 100.0% of the real estate in the Curtis Rd / Perimeter St neighborhood is occupied by renters, which is nearly the highest rate of renter occupancy of any neighborhood in America.
Furthermore, many people dream of living along a street lined with row houses or other attached homes. Such places do often have an abundance of charm. If you are one of these people, the Curtis Rd / Perimeter St neighborhood could be your paradise. With 32.4% of the homes and real estate here classified as rowhouses or other attached homes, this neighborhood brims with opportunity to find the right place for you. Only 2.9% of U.S. neighborhoods have more row houses than this neighborhood, making it one of the most interesting things about this special neighborhood.
Occupations
The Curtis Rd / Perimeter St neighborhood stands out nationally for having a greater proportion of its residents active in the military than 99.9% of other U.S. neighborhoods. If you come here, you will notice military people active in their jobs, going to and from work, and in plain clothes out and about the neighborhood.
Furthermore, the Curtis Rd / Perimeter St neighborhood has a greater proportion of government workers living in it than 96.2% of the neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. This is a unique feature of this neighborhood, and one that shapes its character.
Length of Commute
Regardless of the means by which residents commute, this neighborhood has a length of commute that is notable. Residents of the Curtis Rd / Perimeter St neighborhood have the pleasure of having one of the shortest commutes to work of any neighborhood in America. 79.9% 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 99.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. Less time commuting means more time for other things in life.
Modes of Transportation
In the Curtis Rd / Perimeter St 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 27.6% of residents here. This is a higher proportion of walking commuters than we found in 98.9% of American neighborhoods. Get ready to put on your walking shoes if you move here!
Also, in the Curtis Rd / Perimeter St neighborhood, carpooling is still a popular way to get to and from work. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that 29.5% of commuters carpool here, which is more than in 98.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Diversity
Did you know that the Curtis Rd / Perimeter St neighborhood has more Hungarian and Native American ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Hungarian ancestry and 3.6% have Native American ancestry.
Curtis Rd / Perimeter St is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 8.0% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Italian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 96.8% of the neighborhoods in America.
Migration / Stability
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 Curtis Rd / Perimeter St neighborhood. In the Curtis Rd / Perimeter St neighborhood, a greater proportion of the residents living here today did not live here five years ago than is found in 98.5% 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 Curtis Rd / Perimeter St neighborhood in Jacksonville are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 90.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 3.8% 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 68.6% of America's neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the Curtis Rd / Perimeter St neighborhood, 43.7% of the working population is employed in the military. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 36.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (26.8%), and 20.5% 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 Curtis Rd / Perimeter St neighborhood is English, spoken by 76.9% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
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 Curtis Rd / Perimeter St neighborhood in Jacksonville, NC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (17.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (16.9%), and residents who report Mexican roots (11.8%), and some of the residents are also of Puerto Rican ancestry (7.3%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (6.7%), 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 Curtis Rd / Perimeter St neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (79.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (29.5%) carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work. In addition, quite a number also hop out the door and walk to work to get to work (27.6%) and 25.3% of residents also drive alone in a private automobile for their daily commute. Despite relying on the automobile to get to work, residents of this neighborhood share the ride more than most neighborhoods, reducing traffic, pollution, and saving money.
