Summit Ave / 18th St median real estate price is $651,062, which is more expensive than 56.9% of the neighborhoods in New Jersey and 74.0% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Summit Ave / 18th St is currently $2,976, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 60.7% of New Jersey neighborhoods.
Summit Ave / 18th St is a densely urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Union City, New Jersey.
Summit Ave / 18th St real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) small apartment buildings and apartment complexes/high-rise apartments. Most of the residential real estate is renter occupied. Many of the residences in the Summit Ave / 18th St 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 1940 and 1969.
Real estate vacancies in Summit Ave / 18th St are 5.4%, which is lower than one will find in 64.0% of American neighborhoods. Demand for real estate in Summit Ave / 18th St is above average for the U.S., and may signal some demand for either price increases or new construction of residential product for this neighborhood.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
More people ride the bus in this neighborhood each day to get to work than 99.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Also, more people in Summit Ave / 18th St choose to walk to work each day (11.5%) than almost any neighborhood in America. If you are attracted to the idea of being able to walk to work, this neighborhood could be a good choice.
Corner bodegas, stores on the first floor and apartments above, former grand Victorian residences converted into apartments, three-deckers built shoulder-to-shoulder, duplexes. Such building types define the real estate of neighborhoods dominated by small 2, 3, and 4 unit apartment buildings. Many are in older core neighborhoods of Eastern and Midwestern cities, or historic town centers in their hinterlands. If you wax romantic about the look and feel of such neighborhoods, with fresh pizza, falafel and an independent florist at the corner, then you might find the Summit Ave / 18th St neighborhood worth a close look. This neighborhood is an absolutely outstanding example of the dominance of small 2, 3, and 4 unit apartment buildings compared to neighborhoods across the nation, as they make up a substantial portion of this neighborhood's real estate stock. In fact, no less than 56.8% of the real estate here is made up of such dwellings, which is higher than 99.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
In addition, the Summit Ave / 18th St neighborhood is very densely populated compared to most U.S. neighborhoods. In fact, with 40,858 persons per square mile in the neighborhood, it is more packed with people than 98.0% of the nation's neighborhoods. 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 Summit Ave / 18th St neighborhood is among the top 5% of American neighborhoods in terms of walkability.
Most American households own a car or other vehicle. Many own two cars or perhaps three. In the United States, it is useful to have an automobile not only for commuting, but also for shopping and getting to other services one needs. But NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed that households in the Summit Ave / 18th St neighborhood have a highly unusual car ownership. 27.2% of the households in this neighborhood don't own a car at all. This is more carless households than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the Summit Ave / 18th St neighborhood has more South American and Dominican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 20.6% of this neighborhood's residents have South American ancestry and 16.9% have Dominican ancestry.
Summit Ave / 18th St is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 2.8% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Arabic at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 96.2% of the neighborhoods in America.
Some neighborhoods have more internal cohesiveness than others. While other neighborhoods feel like a collection of strangers who just happen to live near each other. Sometimes this comes down to not only the personalities of the people in a place, but how long people have been together in that neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research has revealed some interesting things about the rootedness of people in the Summit Ave / 18th St neighborhood. What is interesting to note, is that the Summit Ave / 18th St neighborhood has a greater percentage of residents born in another country (49.7%) than are found in 97.6% 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 Summit Ave / 18th St neighborhood in Union City are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 41.1% of the neighborhoods in America. With 36.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 87.0% 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 Summit Ave / 18th St neighborhood, 31.8% 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 27.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (25.2%), and 15.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the Summit Ave / 18th St neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 60.7% of households. Other important languages spoken here include English and Arabic.
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 Summit Ave / 18th St neighborhood in Union City, NJ, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as South American (20.6%). There are also a number of people of Dominican ancestry (16.9%), and residents who report Cuban roots (13.4%), and some of the residents are also of Puerto Rican ancestry (8.4%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (4.7%), among others. In addition, 49.7% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
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 Summit Ave / 18th St neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (43.4% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (36.4%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also ride the bus to get to work (27.9%) and 11.5% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work 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.