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Real Estate Prices & Overview

Beacon Heights / Brownwood median real estate price is $514,371, which is more expensive than 60.9% of the neighborhoods in Georgia and 55.5% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.

The average rental price in Beacon Heights / Brownwood is currently $1,809, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 63.2% of Georgia neighborhoods.

Beacon Heights / Brownwood is a remote neighborhood (based on population density) located in Madison, Georgia.

Beacon Heights / Brownwood real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to small (studio to two bedroom) single-family homes and small apartment buildings. Most of the residential real estate is occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Many of the residences in the Beacon Heights / Brownwood 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.

In Beacon Heights / Brownwood, the current vacancy rate is 2.8%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 81.2% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in Beacon Heights / Brownwood is very tight compared to the demand for property here.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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 Madison, the Beacon Heights / Brownwood neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

People

Of note is NeighborhoodScout's research finding that the Beacon Heights / Brownwood neighborhood has some of the lowest rates of children living in poverty of any neighborhood in the United States. In a nation where approximately 1 in 4 children are living in poverty, the Beacon Heights / Brownwood community truly stands out from the rest in this regard.

In addition, there is an especially high percentage of incarcerated people (2.1%) living in the Beacon Heights / Brownwood neighborhood.

Modes of Transportation

While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the Beacon Heights / Brownwood neighborhood stands out by having 98.5% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.9% of all American neighborhoods.

Length of Commute

Regardless of the means by which residents commute, this neighborhood has a length of commute that is notable. Residents of the Beacon Heights / Brownwood neighborhood have the pleasure of having one of the shortest commutes to work of any neighborhood in America. 63.6% of the residents have a commute time from home to work (one way) of less than fifteen minutes. This is a higher proportion of residents enjoying a short trip to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 97.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. Less time commuting means more time for other things in life.

Occupations

NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research identifies the Beacon Heights / Brownwood 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 42.9% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 95.9% of American neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the Beacon Heights / Brownwood neighborhood has more Scots-Irish and English ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 5.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Scots-Irish ancestry and 25.8% have English ancestry.

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 Beacon Heights / Brownwood neighborhood in Madison are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 46.5% 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.

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 Beacon Heights / Brownwood neighborhood, 42.9% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 29.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (14.9%), and 13.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the Beacon Heights / Brownwood neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.9% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Beacon Heights / Brownwood neighborhood in Madison, GA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (25.8%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (11.3%), and residents who report German roots (9.4%), and some of the residents are also of Scots-Irish ancestry (5.8%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (3.4%), 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 Beacon Heights / Brownwood neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (63.6% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (98.5%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. 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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