Laurel Meadows / Britton Knolls median real estate price is $244,196, which is less expensive than 81.2% of New York neighborhoods and 71.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
The average rental price in Laurel Meadows / Britton Knolls is currently $1,650, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 80.1% of New York neighborhoods.
Laurel Meadows / Britton Knolls is a rural neighborhood (based on population density) located in East Syracuse, New York.
Laurel Meadows / Britton Knolls 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 owner occupied. Many of the residences in the Laurel Meadows / Britton Knolls neighborhood are established but not old, having been built between 1970 and 1999. A number of residences were also built between 1940 and 1969.
Home and apartment vacancy rates are 7.0% in Laurel Meadows / Britton Knolls. NeighborhoodScout analysis shows that this rate is lower than 53.7% 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 East Syracuse, the Laurel Meadows / Britton Knolls neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Did you know that the Laurel Meadows / Britton Knolls neighborhood has more Yugoslav and Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Yugoslav ancestry and 24.3% have Irish ancestry.
Laurel Meadows / Britton Knolls is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 6.4% 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 95.4% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Laurel Meadows / Britton Knolls neighborhood in East Syracuse are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 49.7% of the neighborhoods in America. With 18.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 66.3% 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 Laurel Meadows / Britton Knolls neighborhood, 43.1% 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 19.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (19.2%), and 16.4% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The most common language spoken in the Laurel Meadows / Britton Knolls neighborhood is English, spoken by 93.4% of households. Some people also speak Polish (6.4%).
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 Laurel Meadows / Britton Knolls neighborhood in East Syracuse, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (29.3%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (24.3%), and residents who report Italian roots (17.5%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (12.9%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (6.7%), among others.
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 Laurel Meadows / Britton Knolls neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (46.6% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (78.6%) 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 (15.3%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.