W 8 Mile Rd / US Hwy 24 median real estate price is $133,728, which is less expensive than 82.8% of Michigan neighborhoods and 90.5% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
The average rental price in W 8 Mile Rd / US Hwy 24 is currently $1,328, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 79.1% of Michigan neighborhoods.
W 8 Mile Rd / US Hwy 24 is an urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Detroit, Michigan.
W 8 Mile Rd / US Hwy 24 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 single-family homes. Most of the residential real estate is renter occupied. Many of the residences in the W 8 Mile Rd / US Hwy 24 neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.
Home and apartment vacancy rates are 6.1% in W 8 Mile Rd / US Hwy 24. NeighborhoodScout analysis shows that this rate is lower than 59.6% 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 Detroit, the W 8 Mile Rd / US Hwy 24 neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
One of the most interesting things about the W 8 Mile Rd / US Hwy 24 neighborhood is that it has a greater concentration of residents who live alone than most all neighborhoods in America. With 69.1% of the households here made up of people living alone, NeighborhoodScout's research reveals that this is a larger proportion of people living alone than in 99.7% of the neighborhoods in America.
In addition, the W 8 Mile Rd / US Hwy 24 neighborhood has a greater percentage of children living in poverty (73.2%) than found in 98.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods. Children living in poverty is one of the challenges facing America, and the world, and in this neighborhood in particular, the problem can be considered acute.
A unique way of commuting is simply not to. And in the W 8 Mile Rd / US Hwy 24 neighborhood, analysis shows that 29.4% of the residents work from home, avoiding a commute altogether. This may not seem like a large number, but it is a higher proportion of people working from home than is found in 96.5% of the neighborhoods in the United States. One thing NeighborhoodScout's research reveals is that the wealthier and/or more isolated the neighborhood, the greater the proportion of residents who choose to work from home.
Did you know that the W 8 Mile Rd / US Hwy 24 neighborhood has more Jamaican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Jamaican ancestry.
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 W 8 Mile Rd / US Hwy 24 neighborhood in Detroit are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 94.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 73.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 98.8% of U.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 W 8 Mile Rd / US Hwy 24 neighborhood, 50.9% 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 26.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (16.3%), and 8.7% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.
The most common language spoken in the W 8 Mile Rd / US Hwy 24 neighborhood is English, spoken by 92.6% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (3.2%).
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 W 8 Mile Rd / US Hwy 24 neighborhood in Detroit, MI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Sub-Saharan African (7.6%). There are also a number of people of Jamaican ancestry (4.6%), and residents who report African roots (2.8%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (1.2%).
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 W 8 Mile Rd / US Hwy 24 neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (41.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (56.3%) 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 (10.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.