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Real Estate Prices & Overview

Brittany Downs Skyline / Lamplighter median real estate price is $536,569, which is more expensive than 45.9% of the neighborhoods in Colorado and 72.2% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.

The average rental price in Brittany Downs Skyline / Lamplighter is currently $2,410, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 51.3% of Colorado neighborhoods.

Brittany Downs Skyline / Lamplighter is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Thornton, Colorado.

Brittany Downs Skyline / Lamplighter 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 single-family homes. Most of the residential real estate is renter occupied. Many of the residences in the Brittany Downs Skyline / Lamplighter neighborhood are established but not old, having been built between 1970 and 1999. A number of residences were also built between 1940 and 1969.

Real estate vacancies in Brittany Downs Skyline / Lamplighter are 5.3%, which is lower than one will find in 64.8% of American neighborhoods. Demand for real estate in Brittany Downs Skyline / Lamplighter is above average for the U.S., and may signal some demand for either price increases or new construction of residential product for this neighborhood.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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 Thornton, the Brittany Downs Skyline / Lamplighter neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Real Estate

One of the really unique and interesting things about the look and setting of the Brittany Downs Skyline / Lamplighter neighborhood is that it is almost entirely dominated by large apartment buildings, such as apartment complexes or high-rise apartments. 90.5% of the residential real estate here is classified as such. This puts this neighborhood on the map as having a higher proportion of large apartment buildings than 98.3% of all neighborhoods in America.

In addition, 95.4% of the real estate in the Brittany Downs Skyline / Lamplighter neighborhood is occupied by renters, which is nearly the highest rate of renter occupancy of any neighborhood in America.

Furthermore, the Brittany Downs Skyline / Lamplighter 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 88.3% 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.

Occupations

More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the Brittany Downs Skyline / Lamplighter neighborhood than in 97.6% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.

Modes of Transportation

In the Brittany Downs Skyline / Lamplighter neighborhood, carpooling is still a popular way to get to and from work. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that 26.1% of commuters carpool here, which is more than in 97.6% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Migration / Stability

Some neighborhoods have more internal cohesiveness than others. While other neighborhoods feel like a collection of strangers who just happen to live near each other. Sometimes this comes down to not only the personalities of the people in a place, but how long people have been together in that neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research has revealed some interesting things about the rootedness of people in the Brittany Downs Skyline / Lamplighter neighborhood. In the Brittany Downs Skyline / Lamplighter neighborhood, a greater proportion of the residents living here today did not live here five years ago than is found in 98.8% of U.S. Neighborhoods. This neighborhood, more than almost any other in America, has new residents from other areas.

Diversity

Did you know that the Brittany Downs Skyline / Lamplighter neighborhood has more Dominican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Dominican ancestry.

The Neighbors

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 Brittany Downs Skyline / Lamplighter neighborhood in Thornton are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 41.8% of the neighborhoods in America. With 16.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 62.2% of U.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 Brittany Downs Skyline / Lamplighter neighborhood, 45.9% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer 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 25.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (15.3%), and 11.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the Brittany Downs Skyline / Lamplighter neighborhood is English, spoken by 52.0% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (45.0%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Brittany Downs Skyline / Lamplighter neighborhood in Thornton, CO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (47.6%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (10.9%), and residents who report Spanish roots (7.0%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (5.2%), along with some Dominican ancestry residents (4.8%), among others. In addition, 25.4% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.

Getting to Work

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 Brittany Downs Skyline / Lamplighter neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (33.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (58.1%) 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 (26.1%) . 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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