Civic Park / Dartmouth Street West median real estate price is $38,307, which is less expensive than 97.7% of Michigan neighborhoods and 99.1% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
The average rental price in Civic Park / Dartmouth Street West is currently $872, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 98.5% of Michigan neighborhoods.
Civic Park / Dartmouth Street West is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Flint, Michigan.
Civic Park / Dartmouth Street West real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to small (studio to two bedroom) single-family homes 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 Civic Park / Dartmouth Street West neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built before 1940.
Vacant apartments or homes are a major fact of life in Civic Park / Dartmouth Street West. The current real estate vacancy rate here is 28.2%. This is higher than the rate of vacancies in 94.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, most vacant housing here is vacant year round. This can sometimes be the case in neighborhoods dominated by new construction that is not yet occupied. But often neighborhoods with vacancy rates this high are places that can be plagued by a protracted vacancy problem. If you live here, you may find that a number of buildings in your neighborhood are actually empty.
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.
In the Civic Park / Dartmouth Street West neighborhood, carpooling is still a popular way to get to and from work. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that 39.7% of commuters carpool here, which is more than in 99.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Divorcees may find friendship and understanding in this neighborhood, as 28.2% of its residents are divorced. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis found that this divorce rate is higher than in 99.6% of the neighborhoods in America.
In addition, the Civic Park / Dartmouth Street West neighborhood stands out for having an average per capita income lower than 98.6% of the neighborhoods in the United States. The Civic Park / Dartmouth Street West neighborhood also has a greater percentage of children living in poverty (57.9%) than found in 96.5% 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.
Also, the Civic Park / Dartmouth Street West neighborhood is unique for having just 3.6% of adults here having earned a bachelor's degree. This is a lower rate of college graduates than NeighborhoodScout found in 98.1% of America's neighborhoods.
Some neighborhoods are made up of apartments. Some consist of row houses, and most - by far - consist of a mixture of housing types. But the Civic Park / Dartmouth Street West neighborhood stands out due to the total dominance of detached, single-family homes here. There are nearly no other types of residential real estate in the neighborhood. In fact, this neighborhood has a higher proportion of single-family homes in its real estate stock than 97.1% of all American neighborhoods.
There are more people living in the Civic Park / Dartmouth Street West neighborhood employed as sales and service workers (59.7%) than almost any neighborhood in the country. From fast-food service workers to major sales accounts, sales and service workers make up the largest proportion of our national employment picture. But despite that size and importance nationally, this neighborhood still stands out as unique due to the dominance of people living here who work in such occupations.
Whether walking, biking, riding, or driving, the length of one's commute is an important factor for one's quality of life. The Civic Park / Dartmouth Street West neighborhood stands out for its commute length, according to NeighborhoodScout's analysis. Residents of the Civic Park / Dartmouth Street West neighborhood have the pleasure of having one of the shortest commutes to work of any neighborhood in America. 61.1% of the residents have a commute time from home to work (one way) of less than fifteen minutes. This is a higher proportion of residents enjoying a short trip to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. Less time commuting means more time for other things in life.
Significantly, 2.8% 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 96.7% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Civic Park / Dartmouth Street West neighborhood in Flint are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 98.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 57.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 96.5% 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 Civic Park / Dartmouth Street West neighborhood, 40.3% 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 35.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (14.9%), and 9.6% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The most common language spoken in the Civic Park / Dartmouth Street West neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.8% of households. Some people also speak African languages (2.8%).
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 Civic Park / Dartmouth Street West neighborhood in Flint, MI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Polish (2.3%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (1.9%).
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 Civic Park / Dartmouth Street West neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (61.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (46.7%) 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 (39.7%) and 6.1% of residents also ride the bus for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.