Aplin Beach / Donahue Beach median real estate price is $180,318, which is less expensive than 71.2% of Michigan neighborhoods and 82.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
The average rental price in Aplin Beach / Donahue Beach is currently $1,628, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 49.3% of Michigan neighborhoods.
Aplin Beach / Donahue Beach is a rural neighborhood (based on population density) located in Bay City, Michigan.
Aplin Beach / Donahue Beach real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to small (studio to two bedroom) single-family homes and mobile homes. Most of the residential real estate is owner occupied. Many of the residences in the Aplin Beach / Donahue Beach neighborhood are established but not old, having been built between 1970 and 1999. A number of residences were also built between 1940 and 1969.
In Aplin Beach / Donahue Beach, the current vacancy rate is 2.0%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 86.4% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in Aplin Beach / Donahue Beach is very tight compared to the demand for property here.
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.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the Aplin Beach / Donahue Beach neighborhood stands out by having 91.6% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 97.9% of all American neighborhoods.
Divorcees may find friendship and understanding in this neighborhood, as 20.0% of its residents are divorced. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis found that this divorce rate is higher than in 95.6% of the neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the Aplin Beach / Donahue Beach neighborhood has more Lebanese and Polish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Lebanese ancestry and 15.5% have Polish ancestry.
Aplin Beach / Donahue Beach is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 16.5% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Polish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.5% 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 Aplin Beach / Donahue Beach neighborhood in Bay City are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 84.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 47.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 92.8% 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 Aplin Beach / Donahue Beach neighborhood, 36.4% 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 22.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (21.0%), and 20.0% in executive, management, and professional occupations.
The most common language spoken in the Aplin Beach / Donahue Beach neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.7% of households. Some people also speak Polish (16.5%).
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 Aplin Beach / Donahue Beach neighborhood in Bay City, MI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (23.4%). There are also a number of people of Polish ancestry (15.5%), and residents who report French roots (8.3%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (6.6%), along with some English ancestry residents (5.1%), among others.
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 Aplin Beach / Donahue Beach neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (42.8% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (91.6%) 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.