Mckenzie Hwy / Thurston Rd median real estate prices are $188,474, which is more expensive than 35.5% of the neighborhoods in Oregon and 59.7% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.

Average rental prices in Mckenzie Hwy / Thurston Rd are currently $696, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price then 54.1% of Oregon neighborhoods.

Mckenzie Hwy / Thurston Rd is an urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Springfield, Oregon.

Mckenzie Hwy / Thurston Rd real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to small (studio to two bedroom) single-family homes and townhomes. Most of the residential real estate is owner occupied. Many of the residences in the Mckenzie Hwy / Thurston Rd 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 Mckenzie Hwy / Thurston Rd, the current vacancy rate is 2.1%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 91.1% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in Mckenzie Hwy / Thurston Rd 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 Springfield, the Mckenzie Hwy / Thurston Rd neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Did you know that the Mckenzie Hwy / Thurston Rd neighborhood has more English and Danish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 18.0% of this neighborhood's residents have English ancestry and 2.0% have Danish ancestry.

Mckenzie Hwy / Thurston Rd is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 1.8% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 96.2% of the neighborhoods in America.

In the Mckenzie Hwy / Thurston Rd neighborhood, carpooling is still a popular way to get to and from work. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that 21.9% of commuters carpool here, which is more than in 95.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

If you're looking for a great spot to raise a family, then look no further than the Mckenzie Hwy / Thurston Rd neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's analysis found that the combination of good quality public schools, above-average safety from crime, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family homes, help make this neighborhood among the top 14.8% of family-friendly neighborhoods across the state of Oregon. In addition, there are a high proportion of other families with school-aged children living here, making it easy for parents and their children to socialize and develop a sense of community support. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools, in part due to the educational attainment of the parents here, who vote in support of the public schools.

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the Mckenzie Hwy / Thurston Rd neighborhood in Springfield are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 61.9% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 8.2% 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 64.5% 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 Mckenzie Hwy / Thurston Rd neighborhood, 33.0% 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 25.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (21.7%), and 19.2% in manufacturing and laborer 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 Mckenzie Hwy / Thurston Rd neighborhood in Springfield, OR, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (18.0%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (10.3%) , and residents who report Norwegian roots (5.7%) , and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (5.1%) , along with some Irish ancestry residents (4.7%), among others.

The most common language spoken in the Mckenzie Hwy / Thurston Rd neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.7% of households.

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in Mckenzie Hwy / Thurston Rd neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (55.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (74.8%) 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 (21.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.