Oaklyn Manor / Borough Center median real estate price is $358,538, which is less expensive than 83.5% of New Jersey neighborhoods and 50.6% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
The average rental price in Oaklyn Manor / Borough Center is currently $2,866, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 66.7% of New Jersey neighborhoods.
Oaklyn Manor / Borough Center is an urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Oaklyn, New Jersey.
Oaklyn Manor / Borough Center real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to small (studio to two bedroom) single-family homes and apartment complexes/high-rise apartments. Most of the residential real estate is owner occupied. Many of the residences in the Oaklyn Manor / Borough Center neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built before 1940.
In Oaklyn Manor / Borough Center, the current vacancy rate is 2.9%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 80.5% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in Oaklyn Manor / Borough Center is very tight compared to the demand for property here.
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 Oaklyn, the Oaklyn Manor / Borough Center neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
If you're a regular supporter of the arts and enjoy outings to the theatre, weekend boutique-ing, or even a finely aged wine with dinner, than you're in good company with the people of the Oaklyn Manor / Borough Center neighborhood. This neighborhood is uniquely immersed with more "urban sophisticates" than 96.3% of neighborhoods across the country. The people here truly stand out as a class among their own. They are an exclusive community characterized by refined tastes, cultural inclinations, and the means to live well. Urban sophisticates live a big city lifestyle, whether or not they live in or near a big city. They are educated executives or managers by week, and serial patrons of the arts by weekend. If this lifestyle pertains to you, than you'll certainly feel right at home in the Oaklyn Manor / Borough Center neighborhood.
Did you know that the Oaklyn Manor / Borough Center neighborhood has more Ukrainian and Yugoslav ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 8.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Ukrainian ancestry and 3.5% have Yugoslav ancestry.
Oaklyn Manor / Borough Center is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 9.3% 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 97.8% 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 Oaklyn Manor / Borough Center neighborhood in Oaklyn are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 84.7% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 9.5% 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 52.0% of America'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 Oaklyn Manor / Borough Center neighborhood, 55.8% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 17.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (13.8%), and 12.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the Oaklyn Manor / Borough Center neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.3% of households. Some people also speak Polish (9.3%).
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 Oaklyn Manor / Borough Center neighborhood in Oaklyn, NJ, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (35.2%). There are also a number of people of Italian ancestry (23.1%), and residents who report English roots (17.8%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (17.6%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (12.6%), 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 Oaklyn Manor / Borough Center neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (43.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (76.1%) 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.