Peoples Park median real estate price is $461,520, which is less expensive than 71.3% of New Jersey neighborhoods and 38.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
The average rental price in Peoples Park is currently $3,094, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 57.8% of New Jersey neighborhoods.
Peoples Park is a densely urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Paterson, New Jersey.
Peoples Park real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) small apartment buildings and single-family homes. Most of the residential real estate is renter occupied. Many of the residences in the Peoples Park neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.
Real estate vacancies in Peoples Park are 3.2%, which is lower than one will find in 78.9% of American neighborhoods. Demand for real estate in Peoples Park is above average for the U.S., and may signal some demand for either price increases or new construction of residential product for this neighborhood.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Three-deckers, duplexes, old Victorian homes cut up into apartments. Independent stores on the corner selling pizza. These are some of the hallmarks of neighborhoods with lots of small 2, 3, and 4 unit apartment buildings. The Peoples Park neighborhood really stands out in this regard, however, as it is dominated by such small apartment buildings more than nearly any other neighborhood in America. This is a stunning visual and lifestyle example of this type of neighborhood. In fact, 58.0% of the real estate here are small 2, 3, or 4 unit apartment buildings, which is a higher proportion than found in 99.1% of America's neighborhoods.
In addition, if you like crowded places, then you will probably enjoy the the Peoples Park neighborhood. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive data analysis, this neighborhood is more densely populated than 96.7% of neighborhoods in the U.S., with 28,679 people per square mile living here.
In the Peoples Park neighborhood, carpooling is still a popular way to get to and from work. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that 28.0% of commuters carpool here, which is more than in 98.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the Peoples Park neighborhood than in 96.2% 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.
Did you know that the Peoples Park neighborhood has more South American and Dominican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 35.8% of this neighborhood's residents have South American ancestry and 18.9% have Dominican ancestry.
Peoples Park is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 72.8% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 97.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Some neighborhoods have more internal cohesiveness than others. While other neighborhoods feel like a collection of strangers who just happen to live near each other. Sometimes this comes down to not only the personalities of the people in a place, but how long people have been together in that neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research has revealed some interesting things about the rootedness of people in the Peoples Park neighborhood. What is interesting to note, is that the Peoples Park neighborhood has a greater percentage of residents born in another country (55.1%) than are found in 98.6% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
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 Peoples Park neighborhood in Paterson are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 50.8% of the neighborhoods in America. With 16.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 63.0% 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 Peoples Park neighborhood, 43.2% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 20.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (18.4%), and 17.8% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the Peoples Park neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 72.8% of households. Some people also speak English (25.3%).
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 Peoples Park neighborhood in Paterson, NJ, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as South American (35.8%). There are also a number of people of Dominican ancestry (18.9%), and residents who report Mexican roots (6.5%), and some of the residents are also of Jamaican ancestry (4.5%), along with some Sub-Saharan African ancestry residents (4.4%), among others. In addition, 55.1% 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 Peoples Park neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (40.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (58.4%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (28.0%) and 5.2% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work 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.