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W Lake Shore Dr / W Lakeshore Dr median real estate price is $1,084,551, which is more expensive than 99.8% of the neighborhoods in Louisiana and 97.3% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in W Lake Shore Dr / W Lakeshore Dr is currently $914, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 78.1% of Louisiana neighborhoods.
W Lake Shore Dr / W Lakeshore Dr is an urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
W Lake Shore Dr / W Lakeshore Dr 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 W Lake Shore Dr / W Lakeshore Dr neighborhood are established but not old, having been built between 1970 and 1999. A number of residences were also built between 1940 and 1969.
Vacant apartments or homes are a major fact of life in W Lake Shore Dr / W Lakeshore Dr. The current real estate vacancy rate here is 23.2%. This is higher than the rate of vacancies in 89.1% of all U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, most vacant housing here is vacant year round. This can sometimes be the case in neighborhoods dominated by new construction that is not yet occupied. But often neighborhoods with vacancy rates this high are places that can be plagued by a protracted vacancy problem. If you live here, you may find that a number of buildings in your neighborhood are actually empty.
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.
One of the unique characteristics of the W Lake Shore Dr / W Lakeshore Dr neighborhood revealed by analysis is that the per capita income of residents here is lower than that found in 98.0% of the neighborhoods in America. In a nation where 1 out of every 4 children lives in poverty, the W Lake Shore Dr / W Lakeshore Dr neighborhood also stands out as being ranked among the lowest 0.0% of neighborhoods affected by this global issue.
In addition, an extraordinary 82.4% of the residents of the W Lake Shore Dr / W Lakeshore Dr neighborhood are currently enrolled in college. This is such a large part of life in this neighborhood that the neighborhood changes a great deal with the change of semesters and is far quieter during the summer when many students are away.
Also, one of the really interesting characteristics about the W Lake Shore Dr / W Lakeshore Dr neighborhood is that, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research, it is an excellent choice in which to reside for college students. Due to its popularity among college students who already choose to live here, its walkability, and its above average safety from crime, the neighborhood is ideal for prospective or already-enrolled college students. Between semesters and during school breaks, you'll notice that the excitement here fluctuates with the college seasons. Despite the excitement however, parents of college-age children can rest easy knowing that this neighborhood has an above average safety rating. For each of these reasons, the neighborhood is rated among the top 1.5% of college-friendly places to live in the state of Louisiana.
In the W Lake Shore Dr / W Lakeshore Dr neighborhood, walking to work is a real option for many. In fact, NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research reveals walking to and from work is the chosen way to commute for 37.8% of residents here. This is a higher proportion of walking commuters than we found in 99.2% of American neighborhoods. Get ready to put on your walking shoes if you move here!
Renter-occupied real estate is dominant in the W Lake Shore Dr / W Lakeshore Dr neighborhood. The percentage of rental real estate here, according to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, is 98.2%, which is higher than 98.9% 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.
In addition, the W Lake Shore Dr / W Lakeshore Dr 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 86.8% 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.
Whether walking, biking, riding, or driving, the length of one's commute is an important factor for one's quality of life. The W Lake Shore Dr / W Lakeshore Dr neighborhood stands out for its commute length, according to NeighborhoodScout's analysis. Residents of the W Lake Shore Dr / W Lakeshore Dr neighborhood have the pleasure of having one of the shortest commutes to work of any neighborhood in America. 61.6% of the residents have a commute time from home to work (one way) of less than fifteen minutes. This is a higher proportion of residents enjoying a short trip to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. Less time commuting means more time for other things in life.
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. In the W Lake Shore Dr / W Lakeshore Dr neighborhood, a greater proportion of the residents living here today did not live here five years ago than is found in 99.8% of U.S. Neighborhoods. This neighborhood, more than almost any other in America, has new residents from other areas.
Did you know that the W Lake Shore Dr / W Lakeshore Dr neighborhood has more French and Iranian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 13.8% of this neighborhood's residents have French ancestry and 1.3% have Iranian ancestry.
W Lake Shore Dr / W Lakeshore Dr is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 1.3% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Persian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.4% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 W Lake Shore Dr / W Lakeshore Dr neighborhood in Baton Rouge are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 98.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 0.0% 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 100.0% 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 W Lake Shore Dr / W Lakeshore Dr neighborhood, 37.2% 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 36.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (17.2%), and 8.3% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The most common language spoken in the W Lake Shore Dr / W Lakeshore Dr neighborhood is English, spoken by 88.7% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.9%).
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 W Lake Shore Dr / W Lakeshore Dr neighborhood in Baton Rouge, LA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (20.0%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (14.5%), and residents who report French roots (13.8%), and some of the residents are also of Sub-Saharan African ancestry (9.5%), along with some African ancestry residents (9.0%), among others.
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 W Lake Shore Dr / W Lakeshore Dr neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (61.6% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (51.7%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also hop out the door and walk to work to get to work (37.8%) . 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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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.
Methodology: NeighborhoodScout uses over 600 characteristics to build a neighborhood profile… Read more
44 Vital Statistics. 8 Condition Alerts found.
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
136 Vital Statistics. 2 Condition Alerts found.
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Raw data sources: 18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.
Date(s) & Update Frequency: Reflects 2019 calendar year; released from FBI in Sept. 2020 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2020 data?
Methodology: Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more about Scout's Crime Data
67 Vital Statistics. 2 Condition Alerts found.
| Crime | |
|---|---|
| W Lake Shore Dr / W Lakeshore Dr | 0.101011101001110 |
| Baton Rouge | 0.101011101001110 |
| Louisiana | 5.49 |
| Crime | |
|---|---|
| W Lake Shore Dr / W Lakeshore Dr | 0.101011101001110 |
| Baton Rouge | 0.101011101001110 |
| Louisiana | 31.62 |
| Crime | |
|---|---|
| W Lake Shore Dr / W Lakeshore Dr | 0.101011101001110 |
| Baton Rouge | 0.101011101001110 |
| Louisiana | 33 |
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Methodology: Only NeighborhoodScout gives you nationally comparable school ranks based on test scores, so you can directly compare the quality of schools in any location. Read more about Scout's School Data
65 Vital Statistics. 7 Condition Alerts found.
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SEE ALL SCHOOLS| Discipline | District | State |
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| Proficiency in Reading and Math | 0.101011101001110 | 0.101011101001110 |
| Proficiency in Reading | 0.101011101001110 | 0.101011101001110 |
| Proficiency in Math | 0.101011101001110 | 0.101011101001110 |
Analytics built by: Location, Inc.
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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328 Vital Statistics. 14 Condition Alerts found.
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