Tropical Park / Kissimmee Gardens median real estate price is $378,957, which is more expensive than 41.1% of the neighborhoods in Florida and 52.4% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Tropical Park / Kissimmee Gardens is currently $2,719, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 46.3% of Florida neighborhoods.
Tropical Park / Kissimmee Gardens is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Kissimmee, Florida.
Tropical Park / Kissimmee Gardens 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 mobile homes. Most of the residential real estate is renter occupied. Many of the residences in the Tropical Park / Kissimmee Gardens neighborhood are newer, built in 2000 or more recently. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.
Home and apartment vacancy rates are 7.5% in Tropical Park / Kissimmee Gardens. NeighborhoodScout analysis shows that this rate is lower than 50.6% of the neighborhoods in the nation, approximately near the middle range for vacancies.
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 Kissimmee, the Tropical Park / Kissimmee Gardens neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Did you know that the Tropical Park / Kissimmee Gardens neighborhood has more Puerto Rican and South American ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 29.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Puerto Rican ancestry and 20.1% have South American ancestry.
Tropical Park / Kissimmee Gardens is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 1.7% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Urdu, which is the national language of Pakistan, at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.6% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Tropical Park / Kissimmee Gardens neighborhood in Kissimmee are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 91.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 21.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 71.3% of U.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 Tropical Park / Kissimmee Gardens neighborhood, 34.0% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 28.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (20.0%), and 17.6% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the Tropical Park / Kissimmee Gardens neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 68.9% of households. Some people also speak English (30.0%).
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 Tropical Park / Kissimmee Gardens neighborhood in Kissimmee, FL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Puerto Rican (29.9%). There are also a number of people of South American ancestry (20.1%), and residents who report Dominican roots (8.6%), and some of the residents are also of Cuban ancestry (6.1%), along with some Jamaican ancestry residents (5.2%), among others. In addition, 34.1% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in Tropical Park / Kissimmee Gardens neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (39.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (71.8%) 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 (14.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.