Median real estate price in the Town Center of Laughlin is $188,073, which is less expensive than 95.0% of Nevada neighborhoods and 81.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
The average rental price in Laughlin Town Center is currently $1,537, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 89.2% of Nevada neighborhoods.
Laughlin Town Center is a rural neighborhood (based on population density) located in Laughlin, Nevada.
Real estate in the Town Center of Laughlin, NV 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 occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Many of the residences in the Town Center 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.
Vacant apartments or homes are a major fact of life in Laughlin Town Center. The current real estate vacancy rate here is 30.1%. This is higher than the rate of vacancies in 94.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods. A relatively large percentage of housing here is seasonally occupied (22.0%). This can occur in vacation areas, and occasionally it is also found in neighborhoods that are primarily filled with college students, as some apartments could be vacant when school is not in session. If you live here year round, you may find that a number of buildings in your neighborhood are actually empty.
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 Laughlin, the Town Center neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
There are more people living in the Laughlin Town Center neighborhood employed as sales and service workers (42.5%) 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.
More people ride the bus in this neighborhood each day to get to work than 97.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Most neighborhoods are composed of a mixture of ages of homes, but the Laughlin Town Center stands out as rather unique in having nearly all of its residential real estate built in one time period, namely between 1970 and 1999, generally considered to be established, but not old housing. What you'll sense when you look around or drive the streets of this neighborhood is that many of the residences look the same because of this similarity of age. In fact, 82.5% of the residential real estate here was built in this one time period.
Of note, 55.5% 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.
Did you know that the Laughlin Town Center neighborhood has more Russian and Czechoslovakian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Russian ancestry and 0.5% have Czechoslovakian ancestry.
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 Town Center neighborhood in Laughlin are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 92.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 55.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 95.8% 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 Laughlin Town Center neighborhood, 57.5% 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 manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 17.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (12.8%), and 11.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the Laughlin Town Center neighborhood is English, spoken by 91.0% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (5.9%).
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 Town Center neighborhood in Laughlin, NV, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (15.8%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (12.4%), and residents who report German roots (9.4%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (8.6%), along with some English ancestry residents (6.8%), 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 Laughlin Town Center neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (47.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (70.4%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also ride the bus to get to work (16.3%) and 10.7% of residents also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors 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.