Gulfton Northwest median real estate price is $470,936, which is more expensive than 80.2% of the neighborhoods in Texas and 62.5% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Gulfton Northwest is currently $1,261, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 84.7% of Texas neighborhoods.
Gulfton Northwest is a densely urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Houston, Texas.
Gulfton Northwest 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 Gulfton Northwest neighborhood are established but not old, having been built between 1970 and 1999. A number of residences were also built between 1940 and 1969.
Real estate vacancies in Gulfton Northwest are 3.8%, which is lower than one will find in 73.6% of American neighborhoods. Demand for real estate in Gulfton Northwest 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.
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.
Most neighborhoods are composed of a mixture of ages of homes, but the Gulfton Northwest stands out as rather unique in having nearly all of its residential real estate built in one time period, namely between 1970 and 1999, generally considered to be established, but not old housing. What you'll sense when you look around or drive the streets of this neighborhood is that many of the residences look the same because of this similarity of age. In fact, 98.4% of the residential real estate here was built in this one time period.
In addition, 100.0% of the real estate in the Gulfton Northwest neighborhood is occupied by renters, which is nearly the highest rate of renter occupancy of any neighborhood in America.
Furthermore, the Gulfton Northwest neighborhood is very unique in that it has one of the highest proportions of one, two, or no bedroom real estate of any neighborhood in America. Most neighborhoods have a mixture of home or apartment sizes from small to large, but here the concentration of studios and other small living spaces is at near-record heights. With 95.5% of the real estate here of this small size, this most assuredly is a notable feature that makes this neighborhood unique, along with just a handful of other neighborhoods in the U.S. that share this characteristic.
Also of note, one of the really unique and interesting things about the look and setting of the Gulfton Northwest neighborhood is that it is almost entirely dominated by large apartment buildings, such as apartment complexes or high-rise apartments. 87.8% 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 97.9% of all neighborhoods in America.
In the Gulfton Northwest neighborhood, carpooling is still a popular way to get to and from work. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that 45.9% of commuters carpool here, which is more than in 99.9% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Single parenting is hard. But you don't have to tell the Gulfton Northwest neighborhood about it; they already know. 25.8% of this neighborhood's households are run by single mothers, which is a higher concentration than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.0% of American neighborhoods. Further NeighborhoodScout research showed strong statistical correlations among high rates of children living in single parent households, and neighborhood crime, particularly violent crime, neighborhood poverty, and, importantly, the percentage of low weight births and rates of infant mortality.
In addition, the Gulfton Northwest neighborhood stands out for having an average per capita income lower than 95.7% of the neighborhoods in the United States. The Gulfton Northwest neighborhood also has a greater percentage of children living in poverty (53.5%) than found in 95.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods. Children living in poverty is one of the challenges facing America, and the world, and in this neighborhood in particular, the problem can be considered acute.
Also, neighborhoodScout's exclusive research revealed that 93.0% of the adult residents in the Gulfton Northwest neighborhood do not have a 4-year college degree, which is a lower rate of college graduated adults than found in 95.6% of the neighborhoods in America.
There are more people living in the Gulfton Northwest neighborhood employed as sales and service workers (59.7%) than almost any neighborhood in the country. From fast-food service workers to major sales accounts, sales and service workers make up the largest proportion of our national employment picture. But despite that size and importance nationally, this neighborhood still stands out as unique due to the dominance of people living here who work in such occupations.
Furthermore, more people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the Gulfton Northwest neighborhood than in 96.8% 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.
American households most often have a car, and regularly they have two or three. But households in the Gulfton Northwest neighborhood buck this trend. 21.5% of the households in this neighborhood don't own a car at all. This is more carless households than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.6% of 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 Gulfton Northwest neighborhood. What is interesting to note, is that the Gulfton Northwest neighborhood has a greater percentage of residents born in another country (60.3%) than are found in 99.2% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the Gulfton Northwest neighborhood has more Romanian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Romanian ancestry.
Gulfton Northwest is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 89.5% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 99.5% 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 Gulfton Northwest neighborhood in Houston are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 95.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 53.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 95.3% 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 Gulfton Northwest neighborhood, 44.0% 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 40.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (8.7%), and 6.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
Languages
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 Gulfton Northwest neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 89.5% of households. Other important languages spoken here include English, African languages and Arabic.
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 Gulfton Northwest neighborhood in Houston, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (33.5%). There are also a number of people of South American ancestry (5.0%), and residents who report Cuban roots (1.7%), and some of the residents are also of Romanian ancestry (1.2%). In addition, 60.3% 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 Gulfton Northwest neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (44.0% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (49.0%) 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 (45.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.
