Faunce Corner / Hixville median real estate price is $847,343, which is more expensive than 66.2% of the neighborhoods in Massachusetts and 86.0% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Faunce Corner / Hixville is currently $2,911, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 57.9% of Massachusetts neighborhoods.
Faunce Corner / Hixville is a rural neighborhood (based on population density) located in Dartmouth, Massachusetts.
Faunce Corner / Hixville real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to large (four, five or more 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 Faunce Corner / Hixville 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 Faunce Corner / Hixville, the current vacancy rate is 2.6%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 81.4% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in Faunce Corner / Hixville is very tight compared to the demand for property here.
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.
In a nation where 1 out of every 4 children lives in poverty, the Faunce Corner / Hixville neighborhood stands out as being ranked among the lowest 0.0% of neighborhoods affected by this global issue.
In addition, of particular note, 14.6% of the people in the Faunce Corner / Hixville neighborhood currently reside in a correction facility, held due to punishment for a crime.
Our research reveals that 90.8% of commuters who live in the Faunce Corner / Hixville neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 97.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the Faunce Corner / Hixville neighborhood has more Portuguese and Brazilian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 32.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Portuguese ancestry and 2.3% have Brazilian ancestry.
Faunce Corner / Hixville is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 17.9% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Portuguese at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.9% 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 Faunce Corner / Hixville neighborhood in Dartmouth are wealthy, making it among the 15% highest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 89.8% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.0% 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 100.0% of America'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 Faunce Corner / Hixville neighborhood, 51.2% 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 20.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.5%), and 11.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the Faunce Corner / Hixville neighborhood is English, spoken by 86.3% of households. Some people also speak Portuguese (17.9%).
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 Faunce Corner / Hixville neighborhood in Dartmouth, MA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Portuguese (32.5%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (16.3%), and residents who report French roots (11.9%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (6.7%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (6.0%), 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 Faunce Corner / Hixville neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (63.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (90.8%) 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.