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Real Estate Prices & Overview

Industrial Rd / Alumni Dr median real estate price is $123,900, which is less expensive than 89.6% of Pennsylvania neighborhoods and 92.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

The average rental price in Industrial Rd / Alumni Dr is currently $1,074, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 92.9% of Pennsylvania neighborhoods.

Industrial Rd / Alumni Dr is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Industrial Rd / Alumni Dr real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) townhomes and apartment complexes/high-rise apartments. Most of the residential real estate is occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Many of the residences in the Industrial Rd / Alumni Dr neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.

Home and apartment vacancy rates are 8.3% in Industrial Rd / Alumni Dr. NeighborhoodScout analysis shows that this rate is lower than 46.7% of the neighborhoods in the nation, approximately near the middle range for vacancies.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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 Harrisburg, the Industrial Rd / Alumni Dr neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

People

Single parenting is hard. But you don't have to tell the Industrial Rd / Alumni Dr neighborhood about it; they already know. 36.3% of this neighborhood's households are run by single mothers, which is a higher concentration than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.8% of American neighborhoods. Further NeighborhoodScout research showed strong statistical correlations among high rates of children living in single parent households, and neighborhood crime, particularly violent crime, neighborhood poverty, and, importantly, the percentage of low weight births and rates of infant mortality.

In addition, the Industrial Rd / Alumni Dr neighborhood stands out for having an average per capita income lower than 95.0% of the neighborhoods in the United States. The Industrial Rd / Alumni Dr neighborhood also has a greater percentage of children living in poverty (74.2%) than found in 98.9% of all U.S. neighborhoods. Children living in poverty is one of the challenges facing America, and the world, and in this neighborhood in particular, the problem can be considered acute.

Real Estate

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 Industrial Rd / Alumni Dr neighborhood could be your paradise. With 49.7% 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 1.2% of U.S. neighborhoods have more row houses than this neighborhood, making it one of the most interesting things about this special neighborhood.

Occupations

From major sales accounts to fast-food workers, sales and service employees are often the backbone of the local economy. In the Industrial Rd / Alumni Dr neighborhood, they truly stand out. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis identifies this neighborhood as having a higher percentage of sales and service workers than 97.0% of all American neighborhoods.

Car Ownership

Most American households own a car or other vehicle. Many own two cars or perhaps three. In the United States, it is useful to have an automobile not only for commuting, but also for shopping and getting to other services one needs. But NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed that households in the Industrial Rd / Alumni Dr neighborhood have a highly unusual car ownership. 22.6% of the households in this neighborhood don't own a car at all. This is more carless households than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the Industrial Rd / Alumni Dr neighborhood has more Puerto Rican and African ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 38.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Puerto Rican ancestry and 6.2% have African ancestry.

The Neighbors

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 Industrial Rd / Alumni Dr neighborhood in Harrisburg are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 95.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 74.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 98.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the Industrial Rd / Alumni Dr neighborhood, 41.0% 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 manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 33.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (15.0%), and 10.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the Industrial Rd / Alumni Dr neighborhood is English, spoken by 79.6% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (17.7%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the Industrial Rd / Alumni Dr neighborhood in Harrisburg, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Puerto Rican (38.5%). There are also a number of people of Sub-Saharan African ancestry (10.6%), and residents who report African roots (6.2%), and some of the residents are also of Dominican ancestry (3.3%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (1.6%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in Industrial Rd / Alumni Dr neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (49.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (57.3%) 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 (20.8%) and 7.3% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work 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.


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