Eldridge Pkwy / Westpark Dr median real estate price is $217,200, which is less expensive than 66.1% of Texas neighborhoods and 75.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
The average rental price in Eldridge Pkwy / Westpark Dr is currently $1,669, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 59.2% of Texas neighborhoods.
Eldridge Pkwy / Westpark Dr is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Houston, Texas.
Eldridge Pkwy / Westpark Dr 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 Eldridge Pkwy / Westpark Dr 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 Eldridge Pkwy / Westpark Dr, the current vacancy rate is 2.2%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 85.5% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in Eldridge Pkwy / Westpark Dr 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.
Most neighborhoods are composed of a mixture of ages of homes, but the Eldridge Pkwy / Westpark Dr stands out as rather unique in having nearly all of its residential real estate built in one time period, namely between 1970 and 1999, generally considered to be established, but not old housing. What you'll sense when you look around or drive the streets of this neighborhood is that many of the residences look the same because of this similarity of age. In fact, 86.5% of the residential real estate here was built in this one time period.
From major sales accounts to fast-food workers, sales and service employees are often the backbone of the local economy. In the Eldridge Pkwy / Westpark Dr neighborhood, they truly stand out. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis identifies this neighborhood as having a higher percentage of sales and service workers than 96.6% of all American neighborhoods.
NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that the Eldridge Pkwy / Westpark Dr neighborhood has a greater concentration of residents currently enrolled in college than 96.0% of the neighborhoods in the U.S. With 12.3% of the population here attending college, this is very much a college-focused neighborhood.
Did you know that the Eldridge Pkwy / Westpark Dr neighborhood has more Sub-Saharan African and Arab ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 15.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Sub-Saharan African ancestry and 4.2% have Arab ancestry.
Eldridge Pkwy / Westpark Dr is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 5.5% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak African languages at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.8% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Eldridge Pkwy / Westpark Dr neighborhood in Houston are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 69.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 17.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 64.3% 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 Eldridge Pkwy / Westpark Dr neighborhood, 40.2% 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 executive, management, and professional occupations, with 27.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (16.5%), and 16.1% in manufacturing and laborer 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 Eldridge Pkwy / Westpark Dr neighborhood is English, spoken by 44.7% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, African languages, Chinese and Arabic.
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 Eldridge Pkwy / Westpark Dr neighborhood in Houston, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (22.1%). There are also a number of people of Sub-Saharan African ancestry (15.3%), and residents who report Asian roots (7.0%), and some of the residents are also of South American ancestry (4.4%), along with some Arab ancestry residents (4.2%), among others. In addition, 41.5% 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 Eldridge Pkwy / Westpark Dr neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (38.6% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (74.3%) 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 (19.3%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.