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Munds Park - Forest Lakes, AZ

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Overview


Munds Park - Forest Lakes is a very small town located in the state of Arizona. With a population of 3,514 people and just one neighborhood, Munds Park - Forest Lakes is the 96th largest community in Arizona.

Munds Park - Forest Lakes home prices are not only among the most expensive in Arizona, but Munds Park - Forest Lakes real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Occupations and Workforce

Munds Park - Forest Lakes is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Munds Park - Forest Lakes is a town of service providers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Munds Park - Forest Lakes who work in food service (12.43%), management occupations (11.59%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (9.48%).

And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Munds Park - Forest Lakes has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too.

Of important note, Munds Park - Forest Lakes is also a town of artists. Munds Park - Forest Lakes has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Munds Park - Forest Lakes’s character.

Also of interest is that Munds Park - Forest Lakes has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.14% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Setting & Lifestyle

Another notable thing is that Munds Park - Forest Lakes is an extremely popular destination for tourists and seasonal residents. So much of the population is seasonal such that the town’s population swells significantly during the vacation season, and drops again when the season ends. Because of this, much of the local economy is centered around tourism; some businesses may be operated only during the high season. During the low season, year-round residents will notice that the city is a substantially quieter place to live.

Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Munds Park - Forest Lakes is worth considering.

Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Munds Park - Forest Lakes, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Munds Park - Forest Lakes is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 53.01% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.

The per capita income in Munds Park - Forest Lakes in 2022 was $48,956, which is wealthy relative to Arizona and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $195,824 for a family of four. However, Munds Park - Forest Lakes contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Munds Park - Forest Lakes is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Munds Park - Forest Lakes home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Munds Park - Forest Lakes residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Munds Park - Forest Lakes include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Munds Park - Forest Lakes is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Native American languages.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

People

In a nation where 1 out of every 4 children lives in poverty, the neighborhood stands out as being ranked among the lowest 0.0% of neighborhoods affected by this global issue.

In addition, for many reasons, is rated by NeighborhoodScout as one of the top 1.5% of ideal neighborhoods for first-time home buyers in the state of Arizona. Homes here are priced below median housing values in the state, yet the neighborhood has a track record according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive neighborhood home appreciation rates of above average real estate appreciation over the last five years compared to other AZ neighborhoods, protecting your investment in your first home, while simultaneously making it less risky for your lender. Not only does this neighborhood stand out for combining price and home value stability or increases, it also is a neighborhood with a high quality resident population according exclusive data, meaning this is likely a good place to buy, live, and enjoy. While many first time home buyers focus purely on low cost and convenient location, which can risk your investment in your first home and put you in a less than desirable neighborhood, this neighborhood is a true standout for a lot of reasons, and definitely worth a look if you are a first time home buyer. In addition to being an excellent choice for first-time home buyers, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for active retirees.

Real Estate

Vacant homes and apartments are a significant characteristic of this neighborhood. In fact, with 76.0% of the residential real estate vacant, the neighborhood claims the distinction of having a higher vacancy rate than 99.8% of the neighborhoods in America. This can either be because much of the property is seasonally occupied, like in many vacation areas, or that much of the real estate is more permanently abandoned.

In addition, uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 1 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 99.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Belgian and Danish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Belgian ancestry and 2.0% have Danish ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 3.3% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Native American languages at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.5% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

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 neighborhood in Munds Park - Forest Lakes are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 60.2% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.0% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 100.0% of America'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 neighborhood, 42.8% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional 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 35.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (17.1%), and 9.7% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.

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 neighborhood is English, spoken by 92.1% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian, Spanish and Native American languages.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 neighborhood in Munds Park - Forest Lakes, AZ, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (25.8%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (15.8%), and residents who report English roots (15.0%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (7.7%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (6.3%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (62.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (80.4%) 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 (10.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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