Pacific Ave / Rhode Island Ave median real estate prices are $931,763, which is more expensive than 97.7% of the neighborhoods in New Jersey and 98.3% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.

Average rental prices in Pacific Ave / Rhode Island Ave are currently $1,160, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price then 59.9% of New Jersey neighborhoods.

Pacific Ave / Rhode Island Ave is a densely urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Atlantic City, New Jersey. This is a coastal neighborhood (i.e., is on the ocean or along a tidally-influenced river).

Pacific Ave / Rhode Island Ave 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 Pacific Ave / Rhode Island Ave neighborhood are established but not old, having been built between 1970 and 1994. A number of residences were also built between 1940 and 1969.

Vacant apartments or homes are a major fact of life in Pacific Ave / Rhode Island Ave. The current real estate vacancy rate here is 17.0%. This is higher than the rate of vacancies in 82.2% of all U.S. neighborhoods. This can sometimes be the case in neighborhoods dominated by seasonal homes (such as vacation areas), and occasionally it is also found in neighborhoods that are primarily filled with college students, as some apartments could be vacant when school is not in session. But often neighborhoods with vacancy rates this high are places that can be plagued by a protracted vacancy problem. If you live here, you may find that a number of buildings in your neighborhood are actually empty.

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.

Pacific Ave / Rhode Island Ave is a neighborhood that is on the ocean or a tidally influenced river. Many times, such places have amenities that bring locals and visitors to the waterfront for recreational activities or to check out the scenery. In some densely populated areas that are less financially well-off, the neighborhood waterfront can be relatively industrial and less open to recreation. In addition to being coastal, Pacific Ave / Rhode Island Ave is a very nautical neighborhood, meaning that it is somewhat historic, walkable, densely populated and on the water. This gives the neighborhood a very nautical feel, with some seaside and shipping feel, which some may really enjoy the sights and sounds of.

In addition, 81.3% of the real estate in the Pacific Ave / Rhode Island Ave neighborhood is occupied by renters, which is nearly the highest rate of renter occupancy of any neighborhood in America.

Furthermore, the real estate in the Pacific Ave / Rhode Island Ave neighborhood really stands out in the way it looks for a unique reason: this neighborhood has a higher proportion of apartment complexes or high-rise apartments than nearly every neighborhood in the country. Most neighborhoods are a mixture of real estate and housing types, but here it is almost entirely dominated by big apartment buildings and complexes. In fact, 79.4% of the real estate here is classified as apartment complexes or high-rise apartments, which is more than is found in 97.3% of American neighborhoods.

Also of note, the Pacific Ave / Rhode Island Ave 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 88.5% 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.

There are more people living in the Pacific Ave / Rhode Island Ave neighborhood employed as sales and service workers (41.7%) 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.

More people ride the bus in this neighborhood each day to get to work than 99.3% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Also, more people in Pacific Ave / Rhode Island Ave choose to walk to work each day (22.5%) than almost any neighborhood in America. If you are attracted to the idea of being able to walk to work, this neighborhood could be a good choice.

Did you know that the Pacific Ave / Rhode Island Ave neighborhood has more Sub-Saharan African and African ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 8.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Sub-Saharan African ancestry and 4.3% have African ancestry.

Pacific Ave / Rhode Island Ave is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 4.5% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak African languages at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.6% of the neighborhoods in America.

We Americans love our cars. Not only are they a necessity for most Americans due to the shape of our neighborhoods and the distances between where we live, work, shop, and go to school, but we also fancy them. As a result, most households in America have one, two, or three cars. But NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis shows that the Pacific Ave / Rhode Island Ave neighborhood has a highly unusual pattern of car ownership. 53.9% of the households in this neighborhood don't own a car at all. This is more carless households than NeighborhoodScout found in 97.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.

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 Pacific Ave / Rhode Island Ave neighborhood in Atlantic City are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 79.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 21.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 81.2% 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 shear diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations. In the Pacific Ave / Rhode Island Ave neighborhood, 58.3% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 16.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (14.3%), and 10.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

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 Pacific Ave / Rhode Island Ave neighborhood in Atlantic City, NJ, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Puerto Rican (13.1%). There are also a number of people of Sub-Saharan African ancestry (8.1%) , and residents who report Asian roots (6.9%) , and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (4.9%) , along with some Italian ancestry residents (4.8%), among others. In addition, 34.5% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.

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 Pacific Ave / Rhode Island Ave neighborhood is English, spoken by 57.6% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, African languages and French.

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 Pacific Ave / Rhode Island Ave neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (45.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (34.7%) ride the bus to get to work. In addition, quite a number also drive alone in a private automobile to get to work (32.6%) and 22.5% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. The bus provides a valuable service in the Pacific Ave / Rhode Island Ave neighborhood of Atlantic City by getting a lot of residents to and from work daily, reducing the costs of commuting and reducing some congestion on the roads as well.