Fairview / Marist College median real estate prices are $204,563, which is more expensive than 34.4% of the neighborhoods in New York and 64.0% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.

Average rental prices in Fairview / Marist College are currently $882, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price then 51.4% of New York neighborhoods.

Fairview / Marist College is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Poughkeepsie, New York.

Fairview / Marist College real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to small (studio to two bedroom) single-family homes and small apartment buildings. Most of the residential real estate is occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Many of the residences in the Fairview / Marist College neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built before 1940.

In Fairview / Marist College, the current vacancy rate is 4.0%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 85.1% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in Fairview / Marist 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 Poughkeepsie, the Fairview / Marist College neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that the Fairview / Marist College neighborhood has a greater concentration of residents currently enrolled in college than 99.3% of the neighborhoods in the U.S. With 52.0% of the population here attending college, this is very much a college-focused neighborhood.

In addition, of particular note, 4.4% of the people in the Fairview / Marist College neighborhood currently reside in a correction facility, held due to punishment for a crime.

Did you know that the Fairview / Marist College neighborhood has more Irish and Italian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 22.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Irish ancestry and 22.4% have Italian ancestry.

In the Fairview / Marist College neighborhood, walking to work is a real option for many. In fact, NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research reveals walking to and from work is the chosen way to commute for 17.3% of residents here. This is a higher proportion of walking commuters than we found in 97.1% of American neighborhoods. Get ready to put on your walking shoes if you move here!

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 Fairview / Marist College neighborhood in Poughkeepsie are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 64.9% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 2.1% 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 82.2% 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 Fairview / Marist College neighborhood, 30.5% 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 28.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (28.0%), and 13.4% 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 Fairview / Marist College neighborhood in Poughkeepsie, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (22.7%). There are also a number of people of Italian ancestry (22.4%) , and residents who report German roots (11.2%) , and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (4.1%) , along with some Polish ancestry residents (4.1%), among others.

The most common language spoken in the Fairview / Marist College neighborhood is English, spoken by 91.9% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (4.3%).

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 Fairview / Marist College neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (42.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (72.5%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also hop out the door and walk to work to get to work (17.3%) and 5.8% of residents also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.