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Real Estate Prices & Overview

Langley Park median real estate price is $270,749, which is less expensive than 84.2% of Maryland neighborhoods and 66.6% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

The average rental price in Langley Park is currently $2,393, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 60.6% of Maryland neighborhoods.

Langley Park is a densely urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Hyattsville, Maryland.

Langley Park 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 Langley Park neighborhood are established but not old, having been built between 1970 and 1999. A number of residences were also built between 1940 and 1969.

In Langley Park, the current vacancy rate is 1.3%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 90.5% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in Langley Park is very tight compared to the demand for property here.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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 Hyattsville, the Langley Park neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Modes of Transportation

Our research shows that more people carpool to work here in the Langley Park (46.6%) than in 99.9% of the neighborhoods in America.

Also, more people ride the bus in this neighborhood each day to get to work than 95.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Occupations

More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the Langley Park neighborhood than in 99.8% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.

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The Langley Park neighborhood is very densely populated compared to most U.S. neighborhoods. In fact, with 50,426 persons per square mile in the neighborhood, it is more packed with people than 98.5% of the nation's neighborhoods.

In addition, 94.0% of the real estate in the Langley Park neighborhood is occupied by renters, which is nearly the highest rate of renter occupancy of any neighborhood in America.

Furthermore, one of the really unique and interesting things about the look and setting of the Langley Park 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 97.3% of all neighborhoods in America.

Car Ownership

We Americans love our cars. Not only are they a necessity for most Americans due to the shape of our neighborhoods and the distances between where we live, work, shop, and go to school, but we also fancy them. As a result, most households in America have one, two, or three cars. But NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis shows that the Langley Park neighborhood has a highly unusual pattern of car ownership. 23.1% of the households in this neighborhood don't own a car at all. This is more carless households than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.

People

NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research revealed that 93.2% of the adult residents in the Langley Park neighborhood do not have a 4-year college degree, which is a lower rate of college graduated adults than found in 95.4% of the neighborhoods in America.

Diversity

Significantly, 90.9% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 99.6% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Migration / Stability

The freedom of moving to new places versus the comfort of home. How much and how often people move not only can create diverse and worldly neighborhoods, but simultaneously it can produce a loss of intimacy with one's surroundings and a lack of connectedness to one's neighbors. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research has identified this neighborhood as unique with regard to the transience of its populace. What is interesting to note, is that the Langley Park neighborhood has a greater percentage of residents born in another country (63.4%) than are found in 99.5% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

The Neighbors

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 Langley Park neighborhood in Hyattsville are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 59.4% of the neighborhoods in America. With 34.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 84.9% 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 Langley Park neighborhood, 59.1% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer 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 32.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (5.4%).

Languages

The most common language spoken in the Langley Park neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 90.9% of households. Some people also speak English (7.9%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the Langley Park neighborhood in Hyattsville, MD, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Jamaican (2.5%). There are also a number of people of Sub-Saharan African ancestry (1.3%). In addition, 63.4% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.

Getting to Work

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 Langley Park neighborhood spend between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (45.6% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.

Here most residents (46.6%) carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work. In addition, quite a number also drive alone in a private automobile to get to work (37.4%) and 11.0% of residents also ride the bus for their daily commute. Despite relying on the automobile to get to work, residents of this neighborhood share the ride more than most neighborhoods, reducing traffic, pollution, and saving money.


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