Woodhaven / The Hills of Matchaponix median real estate price is $810,347, which is more expensive than 77.9% of the neighborhoods in New Jersey and 84.9% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Woodhaven / The Hills of Matchaponix is currently $3,035, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 58.2% of New Jersey neighborhoods.
Woodhaven / The Hills of Matchaponix is a rural neighborhood (based on population density) located in Old Bridge, New Jersey.
Woodhaven / The Hills of Matchaponix real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) single-family homes and small apartment buildings. Most of the residential real estate is occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Many of the residences in the Woodhaven / The Hills of Matchaponix neighborhood are newer, built in 2000 or more recently. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.
In Woodhaven / The Hills of Matchaponix, the current vacancy rate is 2.9%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 80.8% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in Woodhaven / The Hills of Matchaponix 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 Old Bridge, the Woodhaven / The Hills of Matchaponix neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Whether walking, biking, riding, or driving, the length of one's commute is an important factor for one's quality of life. The Woodhaven / The Hills of Matchaponix neighborhood stands out for its commute length, according to NeighborhoodScout's analysis. Long commutes can be brutal. They take time, money, and energy, leaving less of you for yourself and your family. The residents of the Woodhaven / The Hills of Matchaponix neighborhood unfortunately have the distinction of having, on average, a longer commute than most any neighborhood in America. 12.8% of commuters here travel more than one hour just one-way to work. That is more than two hours per day. This percentage with two-hour + round-trip commutes is higher than NeighborhoodScout found in 97.6% of all neighborhoods in America.
More people ride the bus in this neighborhood each day to get to work than 95.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.
If you're planning where to retire, the Woodhaven / The Hills of Matchaponix neighborhood in Old Bridge is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in NJ, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 88.5% of the neighborhoods in New Jersey. If you are considering retiring to New Jersey, this is a good neighborhood to look at.
Did you know that the Woodhaven / The Hills of Matchaponix neighborhood has more Ukrainian and Portuguese ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Ukrainian ancestry and 2.9% have Portuguese ancestry.
Woodhaven / The Hills of Matchaponix is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 2.2% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Russian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.8% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Woodhaven / The Hills of Matchaponix neighborhood in Old Bridge are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 80.1% of the neighborhoods in America. With 12.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 54.5% 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 Woodhaven / The Hills of Matchaponix neighborhood, 40.3% 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 23.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.0%), and 15.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the Woodhaven / The Hills of Matchaponix neighborhood is English, spoken by 75.0% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Langs. of India, Spanish, Polish and Russian.
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 Woodhaven / The Hills of Matchaponix neighborhood in Old Bridge, NJ, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Asian (16.0%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (15.0%), and residents who report Italian roots (14.6%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (8.1%), along with some Puerto Rican ancestry residents (7.7%), among others. In addition, 20.3% 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 Woodhaven / The Hills of Matchaponix neighborhood spend between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (30.7% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (62.7%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also ride the bus to get to work (11.2%) and 9.2% of residents also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.