Fern Rock / Logan median real estate price is $174,861, which is less expensive than 77.0% of Pennsylvania neighborhoods and 83.1% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
The average rental price in Fern Rock / Logan is currently $1,701, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 51.8% of Pennsylvania neighborhoods.
Fern Rock / Logan is a densely urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Fern Rock / Logan real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to small (studio to two bedroom) townhomes and small apartment buildings. Most of the residential real estate is occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Many of the residences in the Fern Rock / Logan neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built before 1940.
In Fern Rock / Logan, the current vacancy rate is 1.3%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 90.1% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in Fern Rock / Logan 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.
Regardless of the means by which residents commute, this neighborhood has a length of commute that is notable. Long commutes can be brutal. They take time, money, and energy, leaving less of you for yourself and your family. The residents of the Fern Rock / Logan neighborhood unfortunately have the distinction of having, on average, a longer commute than most any neighborhood in America. 28.2% of commuters here travel more than one hour just one-way to work. That is more than two hours per day. This percentage with two-hour + round-trip commutes is higher than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.9% of all neighborhoods in America.
More people ride the bus in this neighborhood each day to get to work than 99.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Also, if you like to ride the train to work, this neighborhood may be for you. NeighborhoodScout's research revealed that 12.5% of the Fern Rock / Logan neighborhood's commuters ride the train to and from work each day, which is more than we found in 95.8% of America's neighborhoods.
The Fern Rock / Logan neighborhood stands out for having an average per capita income lower than 99.3% of the neighborhoods in the United States. The Fern Rock / Logan neighborhood also has a greater percentage of children living in poverty (58.9%) than found in 96.6% 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.
In addition, astoundingly, the Fern Rock / Logan neighborhood has one of the highest concentrations of divorcees living here than of any neighborhood, a higher concentration than NeighborhoodScout found in 98.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. This may be because people living here divorce more often than others, or that divorced people move here after they become divorced. If you are divorced, you will be in good company in this particular Philadelphia neighborhood.
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 Fern Rock / Logan neighborhood could be your paradise. With 53.5% 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 1.0% of U.S. neighborhoods have more row houses than this neighborhood, making it one of the most interesting things about this special neighborhood.
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 Fern Rock / Logan neighborhood have a highly unusual car ownership. 35.5% of the households in this neighborhood don't own a car at all. This is more carless households than NeighborhoodScout found in 97.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the Fern Rock / Logan neighborhood has more Jamaican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 21.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Jamaican ancestry.
Fern Rock / Logan is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 12.6% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Arabic at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.7% of the neighborhoods in America.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the Fern Rock / Logan neighborhood in Philadelphia are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 99.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 58.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 96.6% of U.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 Fern Rock / Logan neighborhood, 35.6% 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 clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 32.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (17.1%), and 15.1% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
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 Fern Rock / Logan neighborhood is English, spoken by 80.2% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Arabic and Spanish.
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 Fern Rock / Logan neighborhood in Philadelphia, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Jamaican (21.9%). There are also a number of people of Asian ancestry (3.5%), and residents who report Puerto Rican roots (3.4%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (3.0%), along with some German ancestry residents (2.3%), 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 Fern Rock / Logan neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (39.5% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods. However, there is also a significant group of residents (28.2%) who commute over an hour in each direction.
Here most residents (32.1%) ride the bus to get to work. In addition, quite a number also drive alone in a private automobile to get to work (25.2%) and 12.5% of residents also take the train for their daily commute. The bus provides a valuable service in the Fern Rock / Logan neighborhood of Philadelphia 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.