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Real Estate Prices & Overview

N Kenmore Ave / W Bryn Mawr Ave median real estate price is $371,987, which is more expensive than 71.5% of the neighborhoods in Illinois and 54.3% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.

The average rental price in N Kenmore Ave / W Bryn Mawr Ave is currently $1,638, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 59.7% of Illinois neighborhoods.

N Kenmore Ave / W Bryn Mawr Ave is a densely urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Chicago, Illinois.

N Kenmore Ave / W Bryn Mawr Ave 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 small apartment buildings. Most of the residential real estate is renter occupied. Many of the residences in the N Kenmore Ave / W Bryn Mawr Ave 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.

N Kenmore Ave / W Bryn Mawr Ave has a 10.9% vacancy rate, which is well above average compared to other U.S. neighborhoods (higher than 65.2% of American neighborhoods). Most vacant housing here is vacant year round. This could either signal that there is a weak demand for real estate in the neighborhood or that large amount of new housing has been built and not yet occupied. Either way, if you live here, you may find many of the homes or apartments are empty.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

People

The N Kenmore Ave / W Bryn Mawr Ave neighborhood has a greater percentage of children living in poverty (79.6%) than found in 99.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods. Children living in poverty is one of the challenges facing America, and the world, and in this neighborhood in particular, the problem can be considered acute.

In addition, one of the most interesting things about the N Kenmore Ave / W Bryn Mawr Ave neighborhood is that it has a greater concentration of residents who live alone than most all neighborhoods in America. With 59.7% of the households here made up of people living alone, NeighborhoodScout's research reveals that this is a larger proportion of people living alone than in 98.8% of the neighborhoods in America.

Real Estate

One of the really unique and interesting things about the look and setting of the N Kenmore Ave / W Bryn Mawr Ave neighborhood is that it is almost entirely dominated by large apartment buildings, such as apartment complexes or high-rise apartments. 96.5% 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 99.3% of all neighborhoods in America.

In addition, the N Kenmore Ave / W Bryn Mawr Ave neighborhood is very densely populated compared to most U.S. neighborhoods. In fact, with 61,935 persons per square mile in the neighborhood, it is more packed with people than 98.9% of the nation's neighborhoods. Even if you drive or take transit to your place of employment, many people enjoy being able to walk in their neighborhood. What many people don't realize is that most of America's premier vacation locations are also very walkable. The N Kenmore Ave / W Bryn Mawr Ave neighborhood is among the top 5% of American neighborhoods in terms of walkability.

Furthermore, the N Kenmore Ave / W Bryn Mawr Ave 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 93.4% 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.

Also of note, renter-occupied real estate is dominant in the N Kenmore Ave / W Bryn Mawr Ave neighborhood. The percentage of rental real estate here, according to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, is 84.9%, which is higher than 95.3% of the neighborhoods in America. If you were to buy and live in the property you bought here, you would be almost alone in doing so.

Modes of Transportation

Our research revealed that more commuters here take the bus to work (19.1% ride the bus) than 98.4% of all American neighborhoods. If you like the idea of leaving your car and home and hopping the bus to work, this might be a good neighborhood for you to consider.

Also, if you like to ride the train to work, this neighborhood may be for you. NeighborhoodScout's research revealed that 25.5% of the N Kenmore Ave / W Bryn Mawr Ave neighborhood's commuters ride the train to and from work each day, which is more than we found in 97.8% of America's neighborhoods.

Car Ownership

American households most often have a car, and regularly they have two or three. But households in the N Kenmore Ave / W Bryn Mawr Ave neighborhood buck this trend. 39.9% of the households in this neighborhood don't own a car at all. This is more carless households than NeighborhoodScout found in 98.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the N Kenmore Ave / W Bryn Mawr Ave neighborhood has more Haitian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Haitian ancestry.

N Kenmore Ave / W Bryn Mawr Ave is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 2.3% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Russian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.9% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

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 N Kenmore Ave / W Bryn Mawr Ave neighborhood in Chicago are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 82.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 79.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 99.3% of U.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 N Kenmore Ave / W Bryn Mawr Ave neighborhood, 56.2% 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 27.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (9.7%), and 6.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support 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 N Kenmore Ave / W Bryn Mawr Ave neighborhood is English, spoken by 72.2% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, African languages, French and Russian.

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 N Kenmore Ave / W Bryn Mawr Ave neighborhood in Chicago, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (12.1%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (11.7%), and residents who report Sub-Saharan African roots (9.4%), and some of the residents are also of Asian ancestry (6.9%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (6.6%), among others. In addition, 24.4% 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 N Kenmore Ave / W Bryn Mawr Ave neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (43.3% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (29.9%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also take the train to get to work (25.5%) and 19.1% of residents also ride the bus 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.


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