Lenwil / Wilds median real estate price is $161,278, which is more expensive than 29.9% of the neighborhoods in Louisiana and 13.4% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Lenwil / Wilds is currently $1,062, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 83.3% of Louisiana neighborhoods.
Lenwil / Wilds is a rural neighborhood (based on population density) located in West Monroe, Louisiana.
Lenwil / Wilds real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to large (four, five or more bedroom) mobile homes and single-family homes. Most of the residential real estate is owner occupied. Many of the residences in the Lenwil / Wilds neighborhood are newer, built in 2000 or more recently. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.
Home and apartment vacancy rates are 9.3% in Lenwil / Wilds. NeighborhoodScout analysis shows that this rate is lower than 40.3% of the neighborhoods in the nation, approximately near the middle range for vacancies.
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 West Monroe, the Lenwil / Wilds neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
The Lenwil / Wilds neighborhood stands out for having the majority of its residential real estate made up of mobile homes. In fact, 57.1% of the occupied real estate here are mobile homes, which is a greater proportion than is found in 99.5% of the neighborhoods in the U.S. If you like mobile homes, this might be a great neighborhood in which to look for real estate.
Our research reveals that 89.3% of commuters who live in the Lenwil / Wilds neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 96.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.
NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that the Lenwil / Wilds neighborhood has a greater concentration of residents currently enrolled in college than 96.1% of the neighborhoods in the U.S. With 12.1% of the population here attending college, this is very much a college-focused neighborhood.
In addition, single parenting is hard. But you don't have to tell the Lenwil / Wilds neighborhood about it; they already know. 18.5% of this neighborhood's households are run by single mothers, which is a higher concentration than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.1% 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.
Also, with a nice mix of college students, safety from crime, and decent walkability, the Lenwil / Wilds 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 85.8% of the neighborhoods in LA. This often also means that the area has certain amenities and services geared towards college students, from undergraduates to graduate students.
American households most often have a car, and regularly they have two or three. But households in the Lenwil / Wilds neighborhood buck this trend. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 33.5% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 95.3% of the neighborhoods in the nation.
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 Lenwil / Wilds neighborhood in West Monroe are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 86.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 20.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 69.6% 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 Lenwil / Wilds neighborhood, 40.4% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 31.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (17.3%), and 11.0% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the Lenwil / Wilds neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.2% of households. Some people also speak Italian (2.9%).
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 Lenwil / Wilds neighborhood in West Monroe, LA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (12.3%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (8.5%), and residents who report English roots (7.2%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (4.1%), along with some French ancestry residents (1.5%), among others.
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 Lenwil / Wilds neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (36.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (89.3%) 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 (10.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.