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Real Estate Prices & Overview

Claylick / Swans median real estate price is $161,729, which is less expensive than 71.0% of Ohio neighborhoods and 85.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

The average rental price in Claylick / Swans is currently $1,329, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 62.1% of Ohio neighborhoods.

Claylick / Swans is a rural neighborhood (based on population density) located in Newark, Ohio.

Claylick / Swans 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 occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Many of the residences in the Claylick / Swans 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 1970 and 1999.

Claylick / Swans has a 13.9% vacancy rate, which is well above average compared to other U.S. neighborhoods (higher than 75.3% of American neighborhoods). Most vacant housing here is vacant year round. This could either signal that there is a weak demand for real estate in the neighborhood or that large amount of new housing has been built and not yet occupied. Either way, if you live here, you may find many of the homes or apartments are empty.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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 Newark, the Claylick / Swans neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Occupations

From major sales accounts to fast-food workers, sales and service employees are often the backbone of the local economy. In the Claylick / Swans neighborhood, they truly stand out. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis identifies this neighborhood as having a higher percentage of sales and service workers than 99.3% of all American neighborhoods.

People

Of particular note, 4.7% of the people in the Claylick / Swans neighborhood currently reside in a correction facility, held due to punishment for a crime.

In addition, the Claylick / Swans neighborhood is unique for having just 5.6% of adults here having earned a bachelor's degree. This is a lower rate of college graduates than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.6% of America's neighborhoods.

Also, the Claylick / Swans neighborhood stands out for having an average per capita income lower than 95.7% of the neighborhoods in the United States.

Diversity

Did you know that the Claylick / Swans neighborhood has more Welsh ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 8.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Welsh ancestry.

Claylick / Swans is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 6.6% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Italian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 95.5% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

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 Claylick / Swans neighborhood in Newark are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 95.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 49.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 93.7% 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 Claylick / Swans neighborhood, 49.8% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 19.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (17.5%), and 13.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the Claylick / Swans neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.2% of households. Some people also speak Italian (6.6%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the Claylick / Swans neighborhood in Newark, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (21.8%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (17.0%), and residents who report Welsh roots (8.3%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (7.5%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (3.2%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 Claylick / Swans neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (42.2% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (77.4%) 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 (12.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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