West Flagler South median real estate price is $335,631, which is less expensive than 67.5% of Florida neighborhoods and 55.5% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
The average rental price in West Flagler South is currently $2,704, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 46.9% of Florida neighborhoods.
West Flagler South is a densely urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Miami, Florida.
West Flagler South 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 townhomes. Most of the residential real estate is occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Many of the residences in the West Flagler South neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.
West Flagler South has a 10.1% vacancy rate, which is well above average compared to other U.S. neighborhoods (higher than 61.9% 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.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
The West Flagler South neighborhood is very unique in that it has one of the highest proportions of one, two, or no bedroom real estate of any neighborhood in America. Most neighborhoods have a mixture of home or apartment sizes from small to large, but here the concentration of studios and other small living spaces is at near-record heights. With 86.1% of the real estate here of this small size, this most assuredly is a notable feature that makes this neighborhood unique, along with just a handful of other neighborhoods in the U.S. that share this characteristic.
In addition, if you love row houses and attached homes, you will probably really like the West Flagler South neighborhood. The ambiance, the charm, of row houses is something special. And in sheer abundance of row houses, this neighborhood truly stands out. The real estate here has a higher proportion of row houses and attached homes than nearly any neighborhood in America. In fact, 25.1% of the residential real estate here is classified as row houses and attached homes.
Did you know that the West Flagler South neighborhood has more Cuban and South American ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 61.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Cuban ancestry and 11.1% have South American ancestry.
West Flagler South is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 86.3% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 99.2% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
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 West Flagler South neighborhood. What is interesting to note, is that the West Flagler South neighborhood has a greater percentage of residents born in another country (64.6%) than are found in 99.5% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the West Flagler South neighborhood in Miami 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. In addition, 9.8% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 51.3% of America'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 West Flagler South neighborhood, 33.2% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 24.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (20.9%), and 18.3% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The most common language spoken in the West Flagler South neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 86.3% of households. Some people also speak English (13.7%).
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 West Flagler South neighborhood in Miami, FL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Cuban (61.7%). There are also a number of people of South American ancestry (11.1%), and residents who report German roots (2.0%), and some of the residents are also of Dominican ancestry (1.5%), along with some Spanish ancestry residents (1.2%), among others. In addition, 64.6% 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 West Flagler South neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (46.3% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (81.0%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also hop out the door and walk to work to get to work (8.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.