N Kilpatrick Ave / Wrightwood Ave median real estate price is $435,671, which is more expensive than 76.4% of the neighborhoods in Illinois and 59.6% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in N Kilpatrick Ave / Wrightwood Ave is currently $1,752, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 58.8% of Illinois neighborhoods.
N Kilpatrick Ave / Wrightwood Ave is a densely urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Chicago, Illinois.
N Kilpatrick Ave / Wrightwood Ave real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) single-family homes and apartment complexes/high-rise apartments. Most of the residential real estate is occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Many of the residences in the N Kilpatrick Ave / Wrightwood Ave 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 2000 and the present.
Home and apartment vacancy rates are 8.3% in N Kilpatrick Ave / Wrightwood Ave. NeighborhoodScout analysis shows that this rate is lower than 46.3% 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 Chicago, the N Kilpatrick Ave / Wrightwood Ave neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Our research shows that more people carpool to work here in the N Kilpatrick Ave / Wrightwood Ave (27.5%) than in 98.1% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 N Kilpatrick Ave / Wrightwood Ave neighborhood is among the top 5% of American neighborhoods in terms of walkability.
In addition, 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 68.2% of the residential real estate in the N Kilpatrick Ave / Wrightwood Ave neighborhood built no later than 1939, and some built considerably earlier, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of historic residences than 98.2% of all neighborhoods in America. In this regard, this neighborhood truly stands out as special.
Did you know that the N Kilpatrick Ave / Wrightwood Ave neighborhood has more Puerto Rican and Cuban ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 12.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Puerto Rican ancestry and 2.9% have Cuban ancestry.
N Kilpatrick Ave / Wrightwood Ave is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 69.9% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 97.4% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
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 N Kilpatrick Ave / Wrightwood Ave neighborhood in Chicago are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 64.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 19.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 67.8% 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 N Kilpatrick Ave / Wrightwood Ave neighborhood, 35.2% 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 manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 26.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (22.9%), and 15.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the N Kilpatrick Ave / Wrightwood Ave neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 69.9% of households. Some people also speak English (25.8%).
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 N Kilpatrick Ave / Wrightwood Ave neighborhood in Chicago, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (55.7%). There are also a number of people of Puerto Rican ancestry (12.1%), and residents who report Asian roots (5.8%), and some of the residents are also of Sub-Saharan African ancestry (3.8%), along with some German ancestry residents (3.6%), among others. In addition, 28.9% 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 N Kilpatrick Ave / Wrightwood Ave neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (34.8% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (56.0%) 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 (27.5%) and 8.2% of residents also ride the bus for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.