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Real Estate Prices & Overview

Duchamp Dr / Woodfair Dr median real estate price is $272,569, which is more expensive than 47.7% of the neighborhoods in Texas and 34.9% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.

The average rental price in Duchamp Dr / Woodfair Dr is currently $1,069, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 96.5% of Texas neighborhoods.

Duchamp Dr / Woodfair Dr is a densely urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Houston, Texas.

Duchamp Dr / Woodfair Dr 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 single-family homes. Most of the residential real estate is renter occupied. Many of the residences in the Duchamp Dr / Woodfair Dr 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 Duchamp Dr / Woodfair Dr, 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 Duchamp Dr / Woodfair Dr is very tight compared to the demand for property here.

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 Houston, the Duchamp Dr / Woodfair Dr neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Real Estate

96.4% of the real estate in the Duchamp Dr / Woodfair Dr neighborhood is occupied by renters, which is nearly the highest rate of renter occupancy of any neighborhood in America. This neighborhood has the distinction of having one of the lowest real estate vacancy rates of any neighborhood in America. With just 0.0% of the real estate vacant, this indicates an exceptionally strong demand for real estate in the Duchamp Dr / Woodfair Dr neighborhood, and/or an issue with creating enough supply for the demand. This could have the effect of increasing real estate prices, increasing supply to meet demand, or both.

In addition, the Duchamp Dr / Woodfair Dr neighborhood is very densely populated compared to most U.S. neighborhoods. In fact, with 42,886 persons per square mile in the neighborhood, it is more packed with people than 98.1% of the nation's neighborhoods.

Furthermore, the Duchamp Dr / Woodfair Dr 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 84.7% 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 real estate in the Duchamp Dr / Woodfair Dr 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, 73.5% of the real estate here is classified as apartment complexes or high-rise apartments, which is more than is found in 95.6% of American neighborhoods.

Modes of Transportation

In the Duchamp Dr / Woodfair Dr neighborhood, carpooling is still a popular way to get to and from work. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that 47.5% of commuters carpool here, which is more than in 99.9% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Car Ownership

We Americans love our cars. Not only are they a necessity for most Americans due to the shape of our neighborhoods and the distances between where we live, work, shop, and go to school, but we also fancy them. As a result, most households in America have one, two, or three cars. But NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis shows that the Duchamp Dr / Woodfair Dr neighborhood has a highly unusual pattern of car ownership. 41.8% of the households in this neighborhood don't own a car at all. This is more carless households than NeighborhoodScout found in 98.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.

People

Whether by choice, divorce, or unplanned pregnancy, single moms may have the toughest job in the book. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that the Duchamp Dr / Woodfair Dr neighborhood has more single mother households than 97.1% of the neighborhoods in the U.S. Often high concentrations of single mother homes can be a strong indicator of family and social issues such as poverty, high rates of school dropouts, crime, and other societal problems.

In addition, of note, 60.3% 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.

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 Duchamp Dr / Woodfair Dr neighborhood. What is interesting to note, is that the Duchamp Dr / Woodfair Dr neighborhood has a greater percentage of residents born in another country (55.9%) than are found in 98.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the Duchamp Dr / Woodfair Dr neighborhood has more Mexican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 68.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry.

Duchamp Dr / Woodfair Dr is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 5.8% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak African languages at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.0% of the neighborhoods in America.

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 Duchamp Dr / Woodfair Dr neighborhood in Houston are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 90.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 60.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 96.9% 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 Duchamp Dr / Woodfair Dr neighborhood, 40.0% 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 34.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (19.0%), 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 Duchamp Dr / Woodfair Dr neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 78.9% of households. Other important languages spoken here include English, African languages and Vietnamese.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the Duchamp Dr / Woodfair Dr neighborhood in Houston, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (68.9%). There are also a number of people of Sub-Saharan African ancestry (6.1%), and residents who report African roots (4.0%), and some of the residents are also of Puerto Rican ancestry (3.7%), along with some Asian ancestry residents (3.4%), among others. In addition, 55.9% 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 Duchamp Dr / Woodfair Dr neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (51.9% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (47.5%) carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work. In addition, quite a number also drive alone in a private automobile to get to work (43.7%) . 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.


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