Briarforest Northeast median real estate price is $468,094, which is more expensive than 79.3% of the neighborhoods in Texas and 63.2% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Briarforest Northeast is currently $1,879, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 43.3% of Texas neighborhoods.
Briarforest Northeast is a densely urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Houston, Texas.
Briarforest Northeast real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) apartment complexes/high-rise apartments and single-family homes. Most of the residential real estate is renter occupied. Many of the residences in the Briarforest Northeast neighborhood are established but not old, having been built between 1970 and 1999. A number of residences were also built between 2000 and the present.
In Briarforest Northeast, the current vacancy rate is 1.9%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 87.1% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in Briarforest Northeast is very tight compared to the demand for property here.
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.
In the Briarforest Northeast neighborhood, many people's commute means walking from the bedroom to the home office. NeighborhoodScout's analysis found that 42.6% of residents worked from home. This may not seem like a large number, but Scout's research shows that this is a higher percentage of people working from home than 99.7% of the neighborhoods in America. Often people who work from home are engaged in the creative or technological economy, such as is found in areas around Boston, and in Silicon Valley. Other times, people may be engaged in other businesses like trading stocks from home, or running a small beauty salon.
Divorcees may find friendship and understanding in this neighborhood, as 26.7% of its residents are divorced. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis found that this divorce rate is higher than in 99.5% of the neighborhoods in America.
In addition, the Briarforest Northeast neighborhood has a greater percentage of children living in poverty (69.1%) than found in 98.4% of all U.S. neighborhoods. Children living in poverty is one of the challenges facing America, and the world, and in this neighborhood in particular, the problem can be considered acute.
Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the Briarforest Northeast neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 98.8% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
Did you know that the Briarforest Northeast neighborhood has more Iranian and British ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 39.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Iranian ancestry and 9.2% have British ancestry.
Briarforest Northeast is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 2.5% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Urdu, which is the national language of Pakistan, at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.2% 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 Briarforest Northeast neighborhood. In the Briarforest Northeast neighborhood, a greater proportion of the residents living here today did not live here five years ago than is found in 96.8% of U.S. Neighborhoods. This neighborhood, more than almost any other in America, has new residents from other areas.
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 Briarforest Northeast neighborhood in Houston are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 90.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 69.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 98.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the Briarforest Northeast neighborhood, 53.9% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 20.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (11.1%), and 9.0% in farming, forestry, or commercial fishing.
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 Briarforest Northeast neighborhood is English, spoken by 69.9% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese, Spanish, African languages and Urdu (the national language of Pakistan).
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 Briarforest Northeast neighborhood in Houston, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irania (39.6%). There are also a number of people of Asian ancestry (21.7%), and residents who report Sub-Saharan African roots (18.9%), and some of the residents are also of British ancestry (9.2%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (8.3%), among others. In addition, 20.7% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
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 Briarforest Northeast neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (42.6% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (56.2%) 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.