Ardmore Sherwood Forest / St. Andrews Garden Apts median real estate price is $474,098, which is more expensive than 80.2% of the neighborhoods in South Carolina and 62.3% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Ardmore Sherwood Forest / St. Andrews Garden Apts is currently $1,897, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. The average rental cost in this neighborhood is higher than 63.5% of the neighborhoods in South Carolina.
Ardmore Sherwood Forest / St. Andrews Garden Apts is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Charleston, South Carolina.
Ardmore Sherwood Forest / St. Andrews Garden Apts 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 Ardmore Sherwood Forest / St. Andrews Garden Apts neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.
Ardmore Sherwood Forest / St. Andrews Garden Apts has a 9.9% vacancy rate, which is well above average compared to other U.S. neighborhoods (higher than 61.1% 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.
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 Charleston, the Ardmore Sherwood Forest / St. Andrews Garden Apts neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
The Ardmore Sherwood Forest / St. Andrews Garden Apts neighborhood has a greater proportion of government workers living in it than 97.0% of the neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. This is a unique feature of this neighborhood, and one that shapes its character.
Furthermore, the Ardmore Sherwood Forest / St. Andrews Garden Apts neighborhood stands out nationally for having a greater proportion of its residents active in the military than 95.6% of other U.S. neighborhoods. If you come here, you will notice military people active in their jobs, going to and from work, and in plain clothes out and about the neighborhood.
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 Ardmore Sherwood Forest / St. Andrews Garden Apts neighborhood in Charleston are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 78.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 34.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 85.6% 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 Ardmore Sherwood Forest / St. Andrews Garden Apts neighborhood, 44.1% 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 22.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.0%), and 14.9% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.
The most common language spoken in the Ardmore Sherwood Forest / St. Andrews Garden Apts neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.6% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (4.0%).
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 Ardmore Sherwood Forest / St. Andrews Garden Apts neighborhood in Charleston, SC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (6.2%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (5.5%), and residents who report English roots (5.2%), and some of the residents are also of Sub-Saharan African ancestry (2.4%), along with some African ancestry residents (2.4%), 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 Ardmore Sherwood Forest / St. Andrews Garden Apts neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (44.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (75.0%) 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.