Boston Rd / Bryant Ave median real estate price is $750,807, which is more expensive than 55.0% of the neighborhoods in New York and 81.8% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Boston Rd / Bryant Ave is currently $2,167, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 67.1% of New York neighborhoods.
Boston Rd / Bryant Ave is a densely urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Bronx, New York.
Boston Rd / Bryant Ave 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 small apartment buildings. Most of the residential real estate is renter occupied. Many of the residences in the Boston Rd / Bryant Ave neighborhood are newer, built in 2000 or more recently. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.
In Boston Rd / Bryant Ave, the current vacancy rate is 2.7%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 81.3% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in Boston Rd / Bryant Ave is very tight compared to the demand for property here.
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 Bronx, the Boston Rd / Bryant Ave neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Single parenting is hard. But you don't have to tell the Boston Rd / Bryant Ave neighborhood about it; they already know. 34.9% of this neighborhood's households are run by single mothers, which is a higher concentration than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.8% of American neighborhoods. Further NeighborhoodScout research showed strong statistical correlations among high rates of children living in single parent households, and neighborhood crime, particularly violent crime, neighborhood poverty, and, importantly, the percentage of low weight births and rates of infant mortality.
In addition, the Boston Rd / Bryant Ave neighborhood stands out for having an average per capita income lower than 97.7% of the neighborhoods in the United States. The Boston Rd / Bryant Ave neighborhood also has a greater percentage of children living in poverty (65.6%) than found in 98.0% 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.
In the Boston Rd / Bryant Ave neighborhood, 45.9% of people ride the train to work each day. This is a very high percentage compared to most places. In fact, NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that this is a higher level of train ridership than in 99.3% of the neighborhoods in America.
Also, more people ride the bus in this neighborhood each day to get to work than 95.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Most American households own a car or other vehicle. Many own two cars or perhaps three. In the United States, it is useful to have an automobile not only for commuting, but also for shopping and getting to other services one needs. But NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed that households in the Boston Rd / Bryant Ave neighborhood have a highly unusual car ownership. 60.3% of the households in this neighborhood don't own a car at all. This is more carless households than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What you'll find when you visit or move to this neighborhood is one of the most crowded neighborhoods in all of America. With an incredible 71,936 people per square mile, it is more densely populated than 99.2% of America's neighborhoods. Being a walkable neighborhood can help increase property values for the simple reason that people enjoy it and value it. To put it plainly, despite our love affair with the automobile, American's enjoy taking to the streets, sidewalks, paths, and courtyards of a place to get a coffee, relax, and take in the sights and sounds. And, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive and first quantitative walkable score index, the Boston Rd / Bryant Ave neighborhood is one of the most walkable neighborhoods in America.
In addition, one of the really unique and interesting things about the look and setting of the Boston Rd / Bryant Ave neighborhood is that it is almost entirely dominated by large apartment buildings, such as apartment complexes or high-rise apartments. 84.3% of the residential real estate here is classified as such. This puts this neighborhood on the map as having a higher proportion of large apartment buildings than 97.4% of all neighborhoods in America.
Furthermore, 90.9% of the real estate in the Boston Rd / Bryant Ave neighborhood is occupied by renters, which is nearly the highest rate of renter occupancy of any neighborhood in America.
Also of note, the Boston Rd / Bryant Ave 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 84.4% 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.
Did you know that the Boston Rd / Bryant Ave neighborhood has more Dominican and Jamaican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 29.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Dominican ancestry and 9.8% have Jamaican ancestry.
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 Boston Rd / Bryant Ave neighborhood in Bronx are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 97.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 65.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 98.0% 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 Boston Rd / Bryant Ave neighborhood, 29.8% 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 29.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (28.6%), and 12.2% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
Languages
The most common language spoken in the Boston Rd / Bryant Ave neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 54.7% of households. Some people also speak English (37.4%).
Ethnicity / Ancestry
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 Boston Rd / Bryant Ave neighborhood in Bronx, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Dominican (29.8%). There are also a number of people of Puerto Rican ancestry (16.7%), and residents who report Jamaican roots (9.8%), and some of the residents are also of South American ancestry (3.6%), along with some Sub-Saharan African ancestry residents (2.5%), among others. In addition, 32.9% 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 Boston Rd / Bryant Ave neighborhood spend between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (47.8% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (45.9%) take the train to get to work. In addition, quite a number also drive alone in a private automobile to get to work (33.4%) and 10.9% of residents also ride the bus for their daily commute. This neighborhood is distinguished by the high number of residents who take the train to work each day, which can be a very good way to get to work at a lower cost and with less pollution.
