Parkville / Park College median real estate prices are $199,594, which is more expensive than 87.4% of the neighborhoods in Missouri and 60.6% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.

Average rental prices in Parkville / Park College are currently $790, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. The average rental cost in this neighborhood is higher than 91.1% of the neighborhoods in Missouri.

Parkville / Park College is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Kansas City, Missouri.

Parkville / Park College real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to small (studio to two bedroom) single-family homes and apartment complexes/high-rise apartments. Most of the residential real estate is occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Many of the residences in the Parkville / Park College neighborhood are established but not old, having been built between 1970 and 1994. A number of residences were also built between 1940 and 1969.

In Parkville / Park College, the current vacancy rate is 4.0%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 82.2% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in Parkville / Park College 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 Kansas City, the Parkville / Park College neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Did you know that the Parkville / Park College neighborhood has more Welsh and Croatian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Welsh ancestry and 0.7% have Croatian ancestry.

The Parkville / Park College neighborhood is considered a solid choice for executive lifestyles. NeighborhoodScout's analysis ranks it as better than 93.9% of Missouri neighborhoods for executive living, based on the wealthy, educated professionals, executives, and managers who choose to reside here, the spacious homes that are prominent features of the real estate in the neighborhood, and the high real estate appreciation rates found here relative to other neighborhoods in the state. In addition to being an excellent choice for highly educated executives, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for active retirees and urban sophisticates.

There are two complimentary 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 Parkville / Park College neighborhood in Kansas City are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 79.2% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 3.5% 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 88.5% of America's neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place. In the Parkville / Park College neighborhood, 48.1% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional 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 26.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (16.8%), and 8.4% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.

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 Parkville / Park College neighborhood in Kansas City, MO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (26.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (15.6%) , and residents who report English roots (13.2%) , and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (3.7%) , along with some Scottish ancestry residents (3.2%), among others.

The most common language spoken in the Parkville / Park College neighborhood is English, spoken by 94.0% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (3.0%).

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 Parkville / Park College neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (51.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (84.5%) 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 (8.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.