Chestnut Crossroads / Freemont median real estate price is $329,115, which is more expensive than 62.9% of the neighborhoods in South Carolina and 44.4% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Chestnut Crossroads / Freemont is currently $2,310, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. The average rental cost in this neighborhood is higher than 77.9% of the neighborhoods in South Carolina.
Chestnut Crossroads / Freemont is a rural neighborhood (based on population density) located in Longs, South Carolina.
Chestnut Crossroads / Freemont real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to small (studio to two bedroom) single-family homes and mobile homes. Most of the residential real estate is owner occupied. Many of the residences in the Chestnut Crossroads / Freemont neighborhood are newer, built in 2000 or more recently. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.
Vacant apartments or homes are a major fact of life in Chestnut Crossroads / Freemont. The current real estate vacancy rate here is 17.1%. This is higher than the rate of vacancies in 82.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods. A relatively large percentage of housing here is seasonally occupied (8.7%). This can occur in vacation areas, and occasionally it is also found in neighborhoods that are primarily filled with college students, as some apartments could be vacant when school is not in session. If you live here year round, you may find that a number of buildings in your neighborhood are actually 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 Longs, the Chestnut Crossroads / Freemont neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
From major sales accounts to fast-food workers, sales and service employees are often the backbone of the local economy. In the Chestnut Crossroads / Freemont neighborhood, they truly stand out. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis identifies this neighborhood as having a higher percentage of sales and service workers than 99.7% of all American neighborhoods.
A unique way of commuting is simply not to. And in the Chestnut Crossroads / Freemont neighborhood, analysis shows that 29.6% of the residents work from home, avoiding a commute altogether. This may not seem like a large number, but it is a higher proportion of people working from home than is found in 96.7% of the neighborhoods in the United States. One thing NeighborhoodScout's research reveals is that the wealthier and/or more isolated the neighborhood, the greater the proportion of residents who choose to work from home.
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 Chestnut Crossroads / Freemont neighborhood in Longs are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 67.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 23.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 74.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the Chestnut Crossroads / Freemont neighborhood, 54.4% 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 manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 18.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (17.3%), and 10.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the Chestnut Crossroads / Freemont neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.0% of households. Some people also speak Polish (3.2%).
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the Chestnut Crossroads / Freemont neighborhood in Longs, SC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (13.7%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (11.0%), and residents who report Irish roots (10.5%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (4.7%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (4.3%), 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 Chestnut Crossroads / Freemont neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (42.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (66.3%) 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.