Glenvar Heights median real estate price is $581,672, which is more expensive than 90.5% of the neighborhoods in Florida and 85.6% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Glenvar Heights is currently $2,025, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. The average rental cost in this neighborhood is higher than 77.5% of the neighborhoods in Florida.
Glenvar Heights is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Miami, Florida.
Glenvar Heights 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 Glenvar Heights neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.
Real estate vacancies in Glenvar Heights are 5.1%, which is lower than one will find in 73.9% of American neighborhoods. Demand for real estate in Glenvar Heights 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.
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 Miami, the Glenvar Heights neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
American households most often have a car, and regularly they have two or three. But households in the Glenvar Heights neighborhood buck this trend. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 32.0% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 97.3% of the neighborhoods in the nation.
With a nice mix of college students, safety from crime, and decent walkability, the Glenvar Heights neighborhood rates highly as a college student friendly place to live, and one that college students and their parents may want to consider. NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that it rates more highly for a good place for college students to live than 85.6% of the neighborhoods in FL. This often also means that the area has certain amenities and services geared towards college students, from undergraduates to graduate students.
Did you know that the Glenvar Heights neighborhood has more Cuban and South American ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 62.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Cuban ancestry and 8.2% have South American ancestry.
Glenvar Heights is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 83.8% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 98.9% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Do you like to be surrounded by people from all over the country or world, with different perspectives and life experiences? Or do you instead prefer to be in a neighborhood where most residents have lived there for a long time, creating a sense of cohesiveness? NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that this neighborhood stands out among American neighborhoods for the uniqueness of the mobility of its residents. More residents of the Glenvar Heights neighborhood live here today that also were living in this same neighborhood five years ago than is found in 98.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. This neighborhood is really made up of people who know each other, don't move often, and have lived here in this very neighborhood for quite a while. What is interesting to note, is that the Glenvar Heights neighborhood has a greater percentage of residents born in another country (61.8%) than are found in 99.4% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
There are two complementary 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 Glenvar Heights neighborhood in Miami are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 81.9% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 11.7% 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 55.4% of America's neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the Glenvar Heights neighborhood, 40.6% 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 28.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (18.1%), and 13.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the Glenvar Heights neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 83.8% of households. Some people also speak English (15.1%).
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 Glenvar Heights neighborhood in Miami, FL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Cuban (62.1%). There are also a number of people of South American ancestry (8.2%), and residents who report Dominican roots (3.9%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (3.8%), along with some Puerto Rican ancestry residents (2.4%), among others. In addition, 61.8% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
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 Glenvar Heights neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (37.1% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (90.2%) 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 (5.6%) . 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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Raw data sources: National Agriculture Statistics Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Federal Housing Finance Agency, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Bureau of the Census, U.S. Geological Service, American Community Survey.
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Analytics built by: Location, Inc.
Raw data sources: American Community Survey, U.S. Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Education, 50 state departments of education, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 18,000+ local law enforcement agencies, Federal Housing Finance Agency, U.S. Geological Service, National Agricultural Statistics Service.
Date(s) & Update Frequency: 2018 (latest available). Updated annually. Please note: Unemployment data updated November 2020.
Methodology: Unlike standardly available Census demographics, NeighborhoodScout uses dozens of custom models to transform 8.5 million raw demographic data elements from government sources into proprietary indices and insights…. Read more about Scout's Demographic Data
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Date(s) & Update Frequency: Reflects 2019 calendar year; released from FBI in Sept. 2020 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2020 data?
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School Details | Grades | Quality Rating Compared to FL* | Quality Rating Compared to Nation* |
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Banyan Elementary School
3060 Sw 85 Th Ave Miami, FL 33155 |
PK-05 | ||
Blue Lakes Elementary School
9250 Sw 52 Nd Ter Miami, FL 33165 |
PK-09 | ||
Emerson Elementary School
8001 Sw 36 Th St Miami, FL 33155 |
PK-05 | ||
Glades Middle School
9451 Sw 64 Th St Miami, FL 33173 |
06-08 | ||
Ludlam Elementary School
6639 Sw 74 Th St South Miami, FL 33143 |
PK-05 | ||
South Miami K-8 Center School
6800 Sw 60 Th St South Miami, FL 33143 |
PK-08 | ||
South Miami Middle School
6750 Sw 60 Th St South Miami, FL 33143 |
06-08 | ||
South Miami Senior High School
6856 Sw 53 Rd St Miami, FL 33155 |
09-12 | ||
Southwest Miami Senior High School
8855 Sw 50 Th Ter Miami, FL 33165 |
09-12 | ||
West Miami Middle School
7525 Sw 24 Th St Miami, FL 33155 |
06-08 | ||
* 10 is highest |
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Raw data sources: U.S. Department of Education, 50 state departments of education, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Dow Jones S&P, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 18,000+ local law enforcement agencies, Federal Housing Finance Agency, U.S. Bureau of the Census, American Community Survey, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Geological Service, U.S. Department of Transportation, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics, Federal Highway Administration, National Agricultural Statistics.
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