War Park median real estate price is $544,382, which is more expensive than 41.8% of the neighborhoods in New York and 70.4% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in War Park is currently $839, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 99.8% of New York neighborhoods.
War Park is a densely urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Yonkers, New York.
War Park 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 townhomes. Most of the residential real estate is renter occupied. Many of the residences in the War Park neighborhood are established but not old, having been built between 1970 and 1999. A number of residences were also built between 1940 and 1969.
In War Park, the current vacancy rate is 0.0%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 100.0% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in War Park is very tight compared to the demand for property here.
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 Yonkers, the War Park neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Real Estate
97.4% of the real estate in the War Park neighborhood is occupied by renters, which is nearly the highest rate of renter occupancy of any neighborhood in America. With a real estate vacancy rate of only 0.0%, the War Park neighborhood has a lower vacancy rate than 100.0% of U.S. neighborhoods, a very elite group. Such a low vacancy rate may indicate very strong real estate demand in the neighborhood combined with some impediments to increasing supply, such as zoning or existing density of development, among other potential reasons.
In addition, the real estate in the War Park 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, 95.3% of the real estate here is classified as apartment complexes or high-rise apartments, which is more than is found in 99.0% of American neighborhoods.
Furthermore, the War Park 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 92.8% 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.
Also of note, the War Park neighborhood is very densely populated compared to most U.S. neighborhoods. In fact, with 48,465 persons per square mile in the neighborhood, it is more packed with people than 98.4% of the nation's neighborhoods.
Modes of Transportation
More people ride the bus in this neighborhood each day to get to work than 100.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Also, more people in War Park choose to walk to work each day (10.6%) 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.
People
The War Park neighborhood stands out for having an average per capita income lower than 99.9% of the neighborhoods in the United States. Also of note, 58.2% of the children in this area live in poverty; an extraordinarily high percentage compared to other neighborhoods in the nation. In a nation where approximately one in four children grows up in poverty, this neighborhood stands out for the depth of the problem manifested here.
In addition, one of the most interesting things about the War Park neighborhood is that it has a greater concentration of residents who live alone than most all neighborhoods in America. With 57.5% of the households here made up of people living alone, NeighborhoodScout's research reveals that this is a larger proportion of people living alone than in 98.4% of the neighborhoods in America.
Car Ownership
American households most often have a car, and regularly they have two or three. But households in the War Park neighborhood buck this trend. 55.4% of the households in this neighborhood don't own a car at all. This is more carless households than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Diversity
Did you know that the War Park neighborhood has more Dominican and Hungarian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 50.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Dominican ancestry and 2.0% have Hungarian ancestry.
War Park is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 10.5% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Korean at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.7% 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 War Park neighborhood. What is interesting to note, is that the War Park neighborhood has a greater percentage of residents born in another country (48.2%) than are found in 97.2% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
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 War Park neighborhood in Yonkers are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 99.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 58.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 96.4% 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 War Park neighborhood, 36.2% of the working population is employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 32.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (15.5%), and 13.8% in executive, management, and professional occupations.
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 War Park neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 44.6% of households. Other important languages spoken here include English and Korean.
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 War Park neighborhood in Yonkers, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Dominican (50.1%). There are also a number of people of Asian ancestry (10.5%), and residents who report Puerto Rican roots (4.5%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (3.2%), along with some Sub-Saharan African ancestry residents (2.6%), among others. In addition, 48.2% 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 War Park neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (39.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (55.3%) ride the bus to get to work. In addition, quite a number also drive alone in a private automobile to get to work (33.8%) and 10.6% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. The bus provides a valuable service in the War Park neighborhood of Yonkers by getting a lot of residents to and from work daily, reducing the costs of commuting and reducing some congestion on the roads as well.
