Columbia Heights Northwest median real estate price is $814,818, which is more expensive than 48.3% of the neighborhoods in the District Of Columbia and 81.1% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Columbia Heights Northwest is currently $2,795, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 57.1% of District Of Columbia neighborhoods.
Columbia Heights Northwest is a densely urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Washington, District Of Columbia.
Columbia Heights Northwest 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 renter occupied. Many of the residences in the Columbia Heights Northwest neighborhood are relatively historic, built no later than 1939, and in some cases, quite a bit earlier. A number of residences were also built between 1940 and 1969.
Real estate vacancies in Columbia Heights Northwest are 4.7%, which is lower than one will find in 67.4% of American neighborhoods. Demand for real estate in Columbia Heights Northwest 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.
The 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.
What you'll find when you visit or move to this neighborhood is one of the most crowded neighborhoods in all of America. With an incredible 66,260 people per square mile, it is more densely populated than 99.1% of America's neighborhoods. Being a walkable neighborhood can help increase property values for the simple reason that people enjoy it and value it. To put it plainly, despite our love affair with the automobile, American's enjoy taking to the streets, sidewalks, paths, and courtyards of a place to get a coffee, relax, and take in the sights and sounds. And, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive and first quantitative walkable score index, the Columbia Heights Northwest neighborhood is one of the most walkable neighborhoods in America.
In addition, the real estate in the Columbia Heights Northwest neighborhood really stands out in the way it looks for a unique reason: this neighborhood has a higher proportion of apartment complexes or high-rise apartments than nearly every neighborhood in the country. Most neighborhoods are a mixture of real estate and housing types, but here it is almost entirely dominated by big apartment buildings and complexes. In fact, 78.2% of the real estate here is classified as apartment complexes or high-rise apartments, which is more than is found in 96.4% of American neighborhoods.
Furthermore, the Columbia Heights Northwest 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 83.4% 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.
Most American households own a car or other vehicle. Many own two cars or perhaps three. In the United States, it is useful to have an automobile not only for commuting, but also for shopping and getting to other services one needs. But NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed that households in the Columbia Heights Northwest neighborhood have a highly unusual car ownership. 43.0% of the households in this neighborhood don't own a car at all. This is more carless households than NeighborhoodScout found in 98.3% of U.S. neighborhoods.
If your dream is to be able to ride your bike to work each day, look no further than this unique neighborhood. With 4.8% of residents in the Columbia Heights Northwest neighborhood commuting on a bicycle to and from work daily, this neighborhood has more bicycle commuters than 98.1% of all neighborhoods in the U.S., according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis.
Also, more people ride the bus in this neighborhood each day to get to work than 98.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Finally, in the Columbia Heights Northwest neighborhood, 11.9% of people ride the train to work each day. This is a very high percentage compared to most places. In fact, NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that this is a higher level of train ridership than in 96.0% of the neighborhoods in America.
The Columbia Heights Northwest neighborhood has a greater proportion of government workers living in it than 97.2% of the neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. This is a unique feature of this neighborhood, and one that shapes its character.
There is an especially high percentage of incarcerated people (2.3%) living in the Columbia Heights Northwest neighborhood.
Did you know that the Columbia Heights Northwest neighborhood has more Iranian and British ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 0.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Iranian ancestry and 2.0% have British ancestry.
Columbia Heights Northwest is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 4.8% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak African languages at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.6% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Columbia Heights Northwest neighborhood in Washington are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 61.8% of the neighborhoods in America. With 20.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 70.3% 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 Columbia Heights Northwest neighborhood, 63.5% 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 16.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions (15.1%), and 10.3% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
Languages
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 Columbia Heights Northwest neighborhood is English, spoken by 59.5% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, African languages, Vietnamese and Polish.
Ethnicity / Ancestry
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 Columbia Heights Northwest neighborhood in Washington, DC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (11.2%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (10.7%), and residents who report Sub-Saharan African roots (10.1%), and some of the residents are also of Asian ancestry (7.1%), along with some German ancestry residents (5.5%), among others. In addition, 27.0% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
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 Columbia Heights Northwest neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (43.6% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (24.4%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also ride the bus to get to work (16.4%) and 11.9% of residents also take the train 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.
