Carver Court / Cherry Acres median real estate price is $197,893, which is less expensive than 88.3% of Virginia neighborhoods and 79.4% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
The average rental price in Carver Court / Cherry Acres is currently $1,772, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 71.9% of Virginia neighborhoods.
Carver Court / Cherry Acres is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Hampton, Virginia.
Carver Court / Cherry Acres real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to small (studio to two bedroom) single-family homes and small apartment buildings. Most of the residential real estate is occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Many of the residences in the Carver Court / Cherry Acres neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.
Carver Court / Cherry Acres has a 12.1% vacancy rate, which is well above average compared to other U.S. neighborhoods (higher than 69.8% 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 Hampton, the Carver Court / Cherry Acres neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Did you know that the Carver Court / Cherry Acres neighborhood has more Jamaican and African ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 5.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Jamaican ancestry and 5.7% have African ancestry.
Carver Court / Cherry Acres is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 1.6% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Greek at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.6% 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 Carver Court / Cherry Acres neighborhood in Hampton are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 86.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 46.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 92.4% 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 Carver Court / Cherry Acres neighborhood, 28.8% 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 24.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (23.6%), and 20.5% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the Carver Court / Cherry Acres neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.9% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (3.4%).
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 Carver Court / Cherry Acres neighborhood in Hampton, VA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Sub-Saharan African (7.7%). There are also a number of people of Jamaican ancestry (5.9%), and residents who report African roots (5.7%), and some of the residents are also of Puerto Rican ancestry (5.2%), along with some German ancestry residents (4.8%), 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 Carver Court / Cherry Acres neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (42.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (85.1%) 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 (7.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.