Port O Dumfries S2 / Oakdale median real estate price is $379,604, which is more expensive than 39.5% of the neighborhoods in Virginia and 48.1% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Port O Dumfries S2 / Oakdale is currently $2,423, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 49.9% of Virginia neighborhoods.
Port O Dumfries S2 / Oakdale is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Triangle, Virginia.
Port O Dumfries S2 / Oakdale real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to small (studio to two 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 Port O Dumfries S2 / Oakdale 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.
Home and apartment vacancy rates are 6.9% in Port O Dumfries S2 / Oakdale. NeighborhoodScout analysis shows that this rate is lower than 52.8% of the neighborhoods in the nation, approximately near the middle range for vacancies.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
The government often provides some of the more stable jobs in the economy. From local, to state, to federal government workers, the government can also be a major employer. What NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed, is that the Port O Dumfries S2 / Oakdale neighborhood in particular stands out when compared nationally for the proportion of its working residents who are employed by the government. At 19.5% of its workforce, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of government workers than 98.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Furthermore, the Port O Dumfries S2 / Oakdale neighborhood stands out nationally for having a greater proportion of its residents active in the military than 96.9% of other U.S. neighborhoods. If you come here, you will notice military people active in their jobs, going to and from work, and in plain clothes out and about the neighborhood.
If you love row houses and attached homes, you will probably really like the Port O Dumfries S2 / Oakdale 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, 43.9% of the residential real estate here is classified as row houses and attached homes.
With a nice mix of college students, safety from crime, and decent walkability, the Port O Dumfries S2 / Oakdale neighborhood rates highly as a college student friendly place to live, and one that college students and their parents may want to consider. NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that it rates more highly for a good place for college students to live than 86.5% of the neighborhoods in VA. This often also means that the area has certain amenities and services geared towards college students, from undergraduates to graduate students.
Did you know that the Port O Dumfries S2 / Oakdale neighborhood has more Sub-Saharan African and African ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 13.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Sub-Saharan African ancestry and 6.1% have African ancestry.
Port O Dumfries S2 / Oakdale is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 1.4% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Urdu, which is the national language of Pakistan, at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.2% 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 Port O Dumfries S2 / Oakdale neighborhood in Triangle are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 51.1% of the neighborhoods in America. With 16.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 63.1% 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 Port O Dumfries S2 / Oakdale neighborhood, 29.5% 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 executive, management, and professional occupations, with 28.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (21.4%), and 20.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the Port O Dumfries S2 / Oakdale neighborhood is English, spoken by 70.7% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (24.4%).
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 Port O Dumfries S2 / Oakdale neighborhood in Triangle, VA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Sub-Saharan African (13.0%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (8.5%), and residents who report Irish roots (7.1%), and some of the residents are also of African ancestry (6.1%), along with some German ancestry residents (6.0%), among others. In addition, 25.2% 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 Port O Dumfries S2 / Oakdale neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (30.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (70.2%) 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 (15.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.