Mansfield Northwest median real estate price is $47,587, which is less expensive than 97.5% of Ohio neighborhoods and 99.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
The average rental price in Mansfield Northwest is currently $1,146, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 84.9% of Ohio neighborhoods.
Mansfield Northwest is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Mansfield, Ohio.
Mansfield Northwest real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) single-family homes and townhomes. Most of the residential real estate is occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Many of the residences in the Mansfield Northwest neighborhood are established but not old, having been built between 1970 and 1999. A number of residences were also built before 1940.
Mansfield Northwest has a 14.3% vacancy rate, which is well above average compared to other U.S. neighborhoods (higher than 76.2% of American neighborhoods). Most vacant housing here is vacant year round. This could either signal that there is a weak demand for real estate in the neighborhood or that large amount of new housing has been built and not yet occupied. Either way, if you live here, you may find many of the homes or apartments are 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 Mansfield, the Mansfield Northwest neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Whether walking, biking, riding, or driving, the length of one's commute is an important factor for one's quality of life. The Mansfield Northwest neighborhood stands out for its commute length, according to NeighborhoodScout's analysis. Long commutes can be brutal. They take time, money, and energy, leaving less of you for yourself and your family. The residents of the Mansfield Northwest neighborhood unfortunately have the distinction of having, on average, a longer commute than most any neighborhood in America. 18.2% of commuters here travel more than one hour just one-way to work. That is more than two hours per day. This percentage with two-hour + round-trip commutes is higher than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.3% of all neighborhoods in America.
NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research identifies the Mansfield Northwest neighborhood as having one of the highest concentrations of people employed in manufacturing or as laborers of any neighborhood in America. In fact, despite the loss of manufacturing jobs nationally, this neighborhood has 49.2% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 98.7% of American neighborhoods.
One of the unique characteristics of the Mansfield Northwest neighborhood revealed by analysis is that the per capita income of residents here is lower than that found in 98.5% of the neighborhoods in America. Also of note, 69.2% 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.
In addition, an extraordinary 21.7% of the residents of the Mansfield Northwest neighborhood are currently enrolled in college. This is such a large part of life in this neighborhood that the neighborhood changes a great deal with the change of semesters and is far quieter during the summer when many students are away.
Also, single parenting is hard. But you don't have to tell the Mansfield Northwest neighborhood about it; they already know. 17.7% of this neighborhood's households are run by single mothers, which is a higher concentration than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.4% 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.
In the Mansfield Northwest neighborhood, carpooling is still a popular way to get to and from work. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that 26.7% of commuters carpool here, which is more than in 97.9% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the Mansfield Northwest neighborhood has more French Canadian and African ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 7.4% of this neighborhood's residents have French Canadian ancestry and 9.0% have African ancestry.
Mansfield Northwest is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 2.2% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Greek at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.3% 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 Mansfield Northwest neighborhood in Mansfield are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 98.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 69.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 98.4% 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 Mansfield Northwest neighborhood, 49.2% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 26.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (17.9%), and 6.0% in executive, management, and professional occupations.
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 Mansfield Northwest neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.3% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Greek.
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 Mansfield Northwest neighborhood in Mansfield, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Sub-Saharan African (9.0%). There are also a number of people of African ancestry (9.0%), and residents who report Irish roots (8.9%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (7.9%), along with some French Canadian ancestry residents (7.4%), 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 Mansfield Northwest neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (53.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America. However, there is also a significant group of residents (18.2%) who commute over an hour in each direction.
Here most residents (71.6%) 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 (26.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.