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Real Estate Prices & Overview

Country Club Heights / Heather Glen median real estate price is $441,444, which is more expensive than 78.1% of the neighborhoods in North Carolina and 65.6% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.

The average rental price in Country Club Heights / Heather Glen is currently $2,502, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. The average rental cost in this neighborhood is higher than 78.7% of the neighborhoods in North Carolina.

Country Club Heights / Heather Glen is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Durham, North Carolina.

Country Club Heights / Heather Glen real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to large (four, five or more bedroom) single-family homes and townhomes. Most of the residential real estate is owner occupied. Many of the residences in the Country Club Heights / Heather Glen neighborhood are established but not old, having been built between 1970 and 1999. A number of residences were also built between 2000 and the present.

In Country Club Heights / Heather Glen, the current vacancy rate is 2.7%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 83.1% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in Country Club Heights / Heather Glen is very tight compared to the demand for property here.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

People

Of note is NeighborhoodScout's research finding that the Country Club Heights / Heather Glen neighborhood has some of the lowest rates of children living in poverty of any neighborhood in the United States. In a nation where approximately 1 in 4 children are living in poverty, the Country Club Heights / Heather Glen community truly stands out from the rest in this regard.

In addition, if you are planning to retire in North Carolina, this neighborhood should be on your must-see list. For many reasons, Country Club Heights / Heather Glen may be considered a retiree's dream neighborhood. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and metrics, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety from crime compared to other neighborhoods in North Carolina, while also offering a diverse range of housing options. This, along with the vibrant mix of very educated seniors and other age groups who choose to live here, makes the neighborhood more retiree-friendly than 97.4% of neighborhoods in NC. If a North Carolina retirement is in your future, this neighborhood should be one of the places you visit. In addition to being an excellent choice for active retirees, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for highly educated executives, families with school-aged children and urban sophisticates.

Real Estate

Owner-occupied real estate dominates the Country Club Heights / Heather Glen neighborhood. In fact, according to NeighborhoodScout research, the percentage of residential real estate occupied by its owner is higher here than in 96.7% of neighborhoods in America.

Diversity

Did you know that the Country Club Heights / Heather Glen neighborhood has more British ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.2% of this neighborhood's residents have British ancestry.

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 Country Club Heights / Heather Glen neighborhood in Durham are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 82.9% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.0% 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 100.0% of America'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 Country Club Heights / Heather Glen neighborhood, 58.6% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 15.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (14.2%), and 12.0% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the Country Club Heights / Heather Glen neighborhood is English, spoken by 94.2% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (4.6%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Country Club Heights / Heather Glen neighborhood in Durham, NC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (11.7%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (9.4%), and residents who report Irish roots (7.9%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (3.7%), along with some Asian ancestry residents (3.6%), among others.

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 Country Club Heights / Heather Glen neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (57.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (72.1%) 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 (9.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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