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Real Estate Prices & Overview

Median real estate price in the City Center of Hazleton is $209,018, which is less expensive than 71.1% of Pennsylvania neighborhoods and 78.6% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

The average rental price in Hazleton City Center is currently $1,785, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 48.0% of Pennsylvania neighborhoods.

Hazleton City Center is a densely urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Hazleton, Pennsylvania.

Real estate in the City Center of Hazleton, PA is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to large (four, five or more bedroom) townhomes and single-family homes. Most of the residential real estate is occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Many of the residences in the City Center neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built before 1940.

Home and apartment vacancy rates are 8.6% in Hazleton City Center. NeighborhoodScout analysis shows that this rate is lower than 43.6% of the neighborhoods in the nation, approximately near the middle range for vacancies.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

Occupations

More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the Hazleton City Center neighborhood than in 99.9% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.

Modes of Transportation

In the Hazleton City Center neighborhood, carpooling is still a popular way to get to and from work. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that 35.5% of commuters carpool here, which is more than in 99.5% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Real Estate

If you love row houses and attached homes, you will probably really like the Hazleton City Center neighborhood. The ambiance, the charm, of row houses is something special. And in sheer abundance of row houses, this neighborhood truly stands out. The real estate here has a higher proportion of row houses and attached homes than nearly any neighborhood in America. In fact, 42.6% of the residential real estate here is classified as row houses and attached homes.

In addition, even if you drive or take transit to your place of employment, many people enjoy being able to walk in their neighborhood. What many people don't realize is that most of America's premier vacation locations are also very walkable. The Hazleton City Center neighborhood is among the top 5% of American neighborhoods in terms of walkability.

People

The Hazleton City Center neighborhood is unique for having just 6.6% of adults here having earned a bachelor's degree. This is a lower rate of college graduates than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.0% of America's neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the Hazleton City Center neighborhood has more Dominican and Romanian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 50.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Dominican ancestry and 3.1% have Romanian ancestry.

Hazleton City Center is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 68.4% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 97.2% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Migration / Stability

Do you like to be surrounded by people from all over the country or world, with different perspectives and life experiences? Or do you instead prefer to be in a neighborhood where most residents have lived there for a long time, creating a sense of cohesiveness? NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that this neighborhood stands out among American neighborhoods for the uniqueness of the mobility of its residents. What is interesting to note, is that the Hazleton City Center neighborhood has a greater percentage of residents born in another country (45.4%) than are found in 96.1% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

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 City Center neighborhood in Hazleton are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 93.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 37.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 87.7% 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 Hazleton City Center neighborhood, 68.3% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 16.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (10.8%), and 4.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support 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 Hazleton City Center neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 68.4% of households. Other important languages spoken here include English and Italian.

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 City Center neighborhood in Hazleton, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Dominican (50.2%). There are also a number of people of Italian ancestry (12.6%), and residents who report Mexican roots (11.7%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (6.6%), along with some German ancestry residents (5.5%), among others. In addition, 45.4% 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 Hazleton City Center neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (52.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (63.3%) 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 (35.5%) . 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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