Rochambeau Ave / Van Cortlandt Ave E median real estate price is $566,989, which is more expensive than 44.1% of the neighborhoods in New York and 72.8% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Rochambeau Ave / Van Cortlandt Ave E is currently $3,029, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 47.3% of New York neighborhoods.
Rochambeau Ave / Van Cortlandt Ave E is a densely urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Bronx, New York.
Rochambeau Ave / Van Cortlandt Ave E 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 small apartment buildings. Most of the residential real estate is renter occupied. Many of the residences in the Rochambeau Ave / Van Cortlandt Ave E neighborhood are relatively historic, built no later than 1939, and in some cases, quite a bit earlier. A number of residences were also built between 1940 and 1969.
In Rochambeau Ave / Van Cortlandt Ave E, the current vacancy rate is 1.1%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 91.1% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in Rochambeau Ave / Van Cortlandt Ave E is very tight compared to the demand for property here.
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 Bronx, the Rochambeau Ave / Van Cortlandt Ave E neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Modes of Transportation
If you like to ride the train to work, this neighborhood may be for you. NeighborhoodScout's research revealed that 47.2% of the Rochambeau Ave / Van Cortlandt Ave E neighborhood's commuters ride the train to and from work each day, which is more than we found in 99.3% of America's neighborhoods.
Real Estate
The Rochambeau Ave / Van Cortlandt Ave E neighborhood is very densely populated compared to most U.S. neighborhoods. In fact, with 57,258 persons per square mile in the neighborhood, it is more packed with people than 98.7% of the nation's neighborhoods. Even if you drive or take transit to your place of employment, many people enjoy being able to walk in their neighborhood. What many people don't realize is that most of America's premier vacation locations are also very walkable. The Rochambeau Ave / Van Cortlandt Ave E neighborhood is among the top 5% of American neighborhoods in terms of walkability.
In addition, 98.2% of the real estate in the Rochambeau Ave / Van Cortlandt Ave E neighborhood is occupied by renters, which is nearly the highest rate of renter occupancy of any neighborhood in America.
Furthermore, one of the really unique and interesting things about the look and setting of the Rochambeau Ave / Van Cortlandt Ave E neighborhood is that it is almost entirely dominated by large apartment buildings, such as apartment complexes or high-rise apartments. 88.6% of the residential real estate here is classified as such. This puts this neighborhood on the map as having a higher proportion of large apartment buildings than 98.0% of all neighborhoods in America.
Also of note, the Rochambeau Ave / Van Cortlandt Ave E 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 85.4% 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.
Finally, if you find historic homes and neighborhoods attractive, you love the details, the history, and the charm, then you are sure to be interested in this neighborhood. With 55.9% of the residential real estate in the Rochambeau Ave / Van Cortlandt Ave E neighborhood built no later than 1939, and some built considerably earlier, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of historic residences than 95.4% of all neighborhoods in America. In this regard, this neighborhood truly stands out as special.
Car Ownership
American households most often have a car, and regularly they have two or three. But households in the Rochambeau Ave / Van Cortlandt Ave E neighborhood buck this trend. 52.6% of the households in this neighborhood don't own a car at all. This is more carless households than NeighborhoodScout found in 98.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Occupations
There are more people living in the Rochambeau Ave / Van Cortlandt Ave E neighborhood employed as sales and service workers (58.3%) 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.
People
The Rochambeau Ave / Van Cortlandt Ave E neighborhood has a greater percentage of children living in poverty (56.4%) than found in 96.0% 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.
Diversity
Did you know that the Rochambeau Ave / Van Cortlandt Ave E neighborhood has more Dominican and Puerto Rican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 28.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Dominican ancestry and 17.9% have Puerto Rican ancestry.
Rochambeau Ave / Van Cortlandt Ave E is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 3.0% 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 97.1% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Rochambeau Ave / Van Cortlandt Ave E neighborhood. What is interesting to note, is that the Rochambeau Ave / Van Cortlandt Ave E neighborhood has a greater percentage of residents born in another country (43.8%) than are found in 95.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
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 Rochambeau Ave / Van Cortlandt Ave E neighborhood in Bronx are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 80.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 56.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 96.0% 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 Rochambeau Ave / Van Cortlandt Ave E neighborhood, 41.7% 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 28.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (21.1%), and 8.3% in manufacturing and laborer 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 Rochambeau Ave / Van Cortlandt Ave E neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 56.2% of households. Other important languages spoken here include English, African languages and Tagalog (the first language of the Philippine region).
Ethnicity / Ancestry
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 Rochambeau Ave / Van Cortlandt Ave E neighborhood in Bronx, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Dominican (28.5%). There are also a number of people of Puerto Rican ancestry (17.9%), and residents who report Asian roots (15.1%), and some of the residents are also of South American ancestry (7.5%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (4.4%), among others. In addition, 43.8% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
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 Rochambeau Ave / Van Cortlandt Ave E neighborhood spend between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (40.9% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (47.2%) take the train to get to work. In addition, quite a number also drive alone in a private automobile to get to work (16.2%) and 9.8% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. This neighborhood is distinguished by the high number of residents who take the train to work each day, which can be a very good way to get to work at a lower cost and with less pollution.
