Coney Island median real estate prices are $303,568, which is more expensive than 44.6% of the neighborhoods in New York and 79.6% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.

Average rental prices in Coney Island are currently $774, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price then 61.7% of New York neighborhoods.

Coney Island is a densely urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Brooklyn, New York.

Coney Island 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 townhomes. Most of the residential real estate is occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Many of the residences in the Coney Island neighborhood are established but not old, having been built between 1970 and 1999. A number of residences were also built between 1940 and 1969.

In Coney Island, the current vacancy rate is 3.4%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 89.8% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in Coney Island is very tight compared to the demand for property here.

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.

Whether walking, biking, riding, or driving, the length of one's commute is an important factor for one's quality of life. The Coney Island neighborhood stands out for its commute length, according to NeighborhoodScout's analysis. Long commutes can be brutal. They take time, money, and energy, leaving less of you for yourself and your family. The residents of the Coney Island neighborhood unfortunately have the distinction of having, on average, a longer commute than most any neighborhood in America. 21.4% of commuters here travel more than one hour just one-way to work. That is more than two hours per day. This percentage with two-hour + round-trip commutes is higher than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.8% of all neighborhoods in America.

American households most often have a car, and regularly they have two or three. But households in the Coney Island neighborhood buck this trend. 62.5% of the households in this neighborhood don't own a car at all. This is more carless households than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.3% of U.S. neighborhoods.

If you like to ride the train to work, this neighborhood may be for you. NeighborhoodScout's research revealed that 52.1% of the Coney Island neighborhood's commuters ride the train to and from work each day, which is more than we found in 99.0% of America's neighborhoods.

Also, our research revealed that more commuters here take the bus to work (26.4% ride the bus) than 98.3% of all American neighborhoods. If you like the idea of leaving your car and home and hopping the bus to work, this might be a good neighborhood for you to consider.

Finally, if your dream is to be able to ride your bike to work each day, look no further than this unique neighborhood. With 3.3% of residents in the Coney Island neighborhood commuting on a bicycle to and from work daily, this neighborhood has more bicycle commuters than 95.9% of all neighborhoods in the U.S., according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis.

Did you know that the Coney Island neighborhood has more Haitian and West Indian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Haitian ancestry and 8.4% have West Indian ancestry.

Coney Island is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 25.1% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Chinese at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.5% of the neighborhoods in America.

The freedom of moving to new places versus the comfort of home. How much and how often people move not only can create diverse and worldly neighborhoods, but simultaneously it can produce a loss of intimacy with one's surroundings and a lack of connectedness to one's neighbors. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research has identified this neighborhood as unique with regard to the transience of its populace. More residents of the Coney Island neighborhood live here today that also were living in this same neighborhood five years ago than is found in 97.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. This neighborhood is really made up of people who know each other, don't move often, and have lived here in this very neighborhood for quite a while. What is interesting to note, is that the Coney Island neighborhood has a greater percentage of residents born in another country (42.5%) than are found in 95.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

The Coney Island neighborhood is very densely populated compared to most U.S. neighborhoods. In fact, with 34,905 persons per square mile in the neighborhood, it is more packed with people than 97.6% of the nation's neighborhoods.

In addition, many people dream of living along a street lined with row houses or other attached homes. Such places do often have an abundance of charm. If you are one of these people, the Coney Island neighborhood could be your paradise. With 35.4% of the homes and real estate here classified as rowhouses or other attached homes, this neighborhood brims with opportunity to find the right place for you. Only 2.4% of U.S. neighborhoods have more row houses than this neighborhood, making it one of the most interesting things about this special neighborhood.

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 Coney Island neighborhood in Brooklyn are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 77.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 38.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 85.9% 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 Coney Island neighborhood, 36.3% 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 clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 24.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (21.5%), and 18.0% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco. In the Coney Island neighborhood in Brooklyn, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Asian (32.0%). There are also a number of people of Puerto Rican ancestry (12.8%) , and residents who report West Indian roots (8.4%) , and some of the residents are also of Haitia ancestry (4.1%) , along with some Russian ancestry residents (3.6%), among others. In addition, 42.5% 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 Coney Island neighborhood is English, spoken by 41.4% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese, Spanish, Vietnamese and Russian.

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 Coney Island neighborhood spend between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (51.1% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.

Here most residents (52.1%) take the train to get to work. In addition, quite a number also ride the bus to get to work (26.4%) and 8.1% of residents also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors for their daily commute. This neighborhood is distinguished by the high number of residents who take the train to work each day, which can be a very good way to get to work at a lower cost and with less pollution.