Found within zip codes: 23464
Popular real estate near Virginia Beach, VA (Kempsville Rd / Centerville Tpke)
Kempsville Rd / Centerville Tpke median real estate prices are $288,925, which is more expensive than 68.6% of the neighborhoods in Virginia and 75.7% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
Average rental prices in Kempsville Rd / Centerville Tpke are currently $1,595, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. The average rental cost in this neighborhood is higher than 85.4% of the neighborhoods in Virginia.
Kempsville Rd / Centerville Tpke is an urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Kempsville Rd / Centerville Tpke real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to large (four, five or more bedroom) single-family homes and apartment complexes/high-rise apartments. Most of the residential real estate is owner occupied. Many of the residences in the Kempsville Rd / Centerville Tpke neighborhood are established but not old, having been built between 1970 and 1994. A number of residences were also built between 1995 and the present.
In Kempsville Rd / Centerville Tpke, the current vacancy rate is 1.9%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 96.3% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in Kempsville Rd / Centerville Tpke is very tight compared to the demand for property here.
Notable & Unique Neighborhood CharacteristicsThe way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Notable & Unique: DiversitySignificantly, 7.9% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Tagalog, which is the first language of the Philippine region, at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.4% of the neighborhoods in America.
Notable & Unique: OccupationsWith 8.2% of employed workers living in the Kempsville Rd / Centerville Tpke neighborhood active in the military, this neighborhood has the distinction of having a higher proportion of people in the military than 99.1% of American neighborhoods. This is a major shaper of the neighborhood's culture and character.
Notable & Unique: PeopleIf you're looking for a great spot to raise a family, then look no further than the Kempsville Rd / Centerville Tpke 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 10.2% of family-friendly neighborhoods across the state of Virginia. 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.
Notable & Unique: Real EstateIn addition, most neighborhoods are composed of a mixture of ages of homes, but the Kempsville Rd / Centerville Tpke stands out as rather unique in having nearly all of its residential real estate built in one time period, namely between 1970 and 1994, generally considered to be established, but not old housing. What you'll sense when you look around or drive the streets of this neighborhood is that many of the residences look the same because of this similarity of age. In fact, 89.7% of the residential real estate here was built in this one time period.
Furthermore, one way that the Kempsville Rd / Centerville Tpke neighborhood really stands out, is that it has more large 4, 5, or additional bedroom homes and real estate than 97.0% of the neighborhoods in America. When you walk or drive around this neighborhood, you'll instantly notice the size of the homes here which definitely makes a strong visual statement.
Also of note, this Kempsville Rd / Centerville Tpke neighborhood has earned the amazing distinction of having one of the highest rates of detached, single-family homes of any neighborhood in the U.S. With 95.9% of the residential real estate here made up of free-standing single-family homes, there is a greater proportion of single-family homes here than in 96.4% of all neighborhoods in America.
Finally, with a real estate vacancy rate of only 1.9%, the Kempsville Rd / Centerville Tpke neighborhood has a lower vacancy rate than 96.3% of U.S. neighborhoods, a very elite group. Such a low vacancy rate may indicate very strong real estate demand in the neighborhood combined with some impediments to increasing supply, such as zoning or existing density of development, among other potential reasons.
The Neighbors The Neighbors: IncomeThere 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 Kempsville Rd / Centerville Tpke neighborhood in Virginia Beach are wealthy, making it among the 15% highest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 86.2% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 5.6% 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 69.7% of America's neighborhoods.
The Neighbors: OccupationsWhat 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 Kempsville Rd / Centerville Tpke neighborhood, 36.6% 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 28.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (20.9%), and 13.9% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The Neighbors: Ethnicity / AncestryBoston'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 Kempsville Rd / Centerville Tpke neighborhood in Virginia Beach, VA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (13.7%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (13.4%) , and residents who report Asian roots (11.7%) , and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (7.9%) , along with some Italian ancestry residents (4.7%), among others. In addition, 10.9% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
The Neighbors: LanguagesThe 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 Kempsville Rd / Centerville Tpke neighborhood is English, spoken by 86.2% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Tagalog (the first language of the Philippine region) and Spanish.
Getting to WorkHow 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 Kempsville Rd / Centerville Tpke neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (28.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (87.0%) 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 (7.8%) . 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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| RENTAL PRICE | Very high cost relative to VA, very high cost relative to the nation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NEIGHBORHOOD LOOK, FEEL, & CHARACTER | DETAILS |
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| THE SETTING | Urban (based on population density) |
| TYPE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS | Mostly Single-family homes and a few Complexes/high rise apartments |
| SIZE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS | Mostly Medium-sized dwellings (3 or 4 bedrooms), some Large dwellings (4 or 5 bedrooms) and a few Small dwellings (1, 2, or no bedrooms) |
| AGE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS | Mostly Established but not old (Built 1970 – 1994), some Newer Homes (Built 1995 or later) and some Well established older homes (Built 1940 - 1969) |
| HOMEOWNERSHIP | Mostly Owner occupied |
| SPECIAL CHARACTER | Mostly Urban Sophisticates |
| THE NEIGHBORS | DETAILS |
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| AGE & LIFESTYLE | Mostly Young singles-upwardly mobile (young, educated, professionally employed, and single), some Families with children (family households with school-aged children), some College students (people currently attending college) and some Mixed ages |
| EDUCATION LEVEL | Rating: 8 (5 is average for the U.S., 10 is most educated) |
| INCOME | Upper middle income (well-above average income for America) |
| OCCUPATIONS | Mostly Executive, managerial & professional, some Sales & Service workers, some Clerical, assistants & technical support, some Manufacturing & Laborers and some Government employees |
| ETHNICITY / ANCESTRY | Mostly White (non-Hispanic), some Black, some Irish ancestry, some East Asian, some Italian ancestry, some Hispanic and some Puerto Rican |
| LANGUAGES | Mostly English speaking and some Spanish speaking |
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TALLWOOD HIGH
1668 KEMPSVILLE RD, VIRGINIA BEACH, VA 23464 (757) 648-5700 |
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TALLWOOD ELEM.
2025 KEMPSVILLE RD, VIRGINIA BEACH, VA 23464 (757) 648-3840 |
PK-05 |
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CENTERVILLE ELEM.
2201 CENTERVILLE TNPK, VIRGINIA BEACH, VA 23464 (757) 648-2200 |
PK-05 |
* Depending on where you live in this neighborhood, your children may attend these schools or other schools outside the neighborhood. Always check with your local school department to determine which schools your children may attend based on your specific address and your child's grade-level.
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| ETHNIC/RACIAL GROUPS | THIS DISTRICT | THIS STATE |
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| WHITE (NON-HISPANIC) (%) | 57.6 | 56.0 |
| BLACK (%) | 28.5 | 25.4 |
| HISPANIC (%) | 6.4 | 9.4 |
| ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER (%) | 7.0 | 5.9 |
| AMERICAN INDIAN OR NATIVE OF ALASKA (%) | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| ECONOMIC GROUPS | THIS DISTRICT | THIS STATE |
| ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED (%) | 30.4 | 35.7 |
| FOR THIS DISTRICT | PER STUDENT | TOTAL | % OF TOTAL |
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| INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES | $6,259 | $445,544,000 | 50.7 |
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| STUDENT | $430 | $30,585,000 | 3.5 |
| STAFF | $838 | $59,673,000 | 6.8 |
| GENERAL ADMINISTRATION | $69 | $4,914,000 | 0.6 |
| SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION | $637 | $45,358,000 | 5.2 |
| OPERATION | $1,418 | $100,943,000 | 11.5 |
| TRANSPORTATION | $419 | $29,832,000 | 3.4 |
| OTHER | $177 | $12,608,000 | 1.4 |
| TOTAL SUPPORT | $3,989 | $283,913,000 | 32.3 |
| NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES | $2,108 | $150,068,000 | 17.1 |
| TOTAL EXPENDITURES | $12,356 | $879,525,000 | 100.0 |
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| ADULTS IN NEIGHBORHOOD WITH COLLEGE DEGREE OR HIGHER (%) | 32.4 |
| CHILDREN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD LIVING IN POVERTY (%) | 5.6 |
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| SINCE 1990 | 129.17% | 4.08% | 5 | 7 |
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