Memorial Ave / Baldwin St median real estate price is $265,120, which is less expensive than 92.5% of Massachusetts neighborhoods and 59.4% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
The average rental price in Memorial Ave / Baldwin St is currently $1,548, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 90.8% of Massachusetts neighborhoods.
Memorial Ave / Baldwin St is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in West Springfield, Massachusetts.
Memorial Ave / Baldwin St real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) small apartment buildings and apartment complexes/high-rise apartments. Most of the residential real estate is renter occupied. Many of the residences in the Memorial Ave / Baldwin St 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.
In Memorial Ave / Baldwin St, the current vacancy rate is 0.9%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 92.6% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in Memorial Ave / Baldwin St is very tight compared to the demand for property here.
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.
Three-deckers, duplexes, old Victorian homes cut up into apartments. Independent stores on the corner selling pizza. These are some of the hallmarks of neighborhoods with lots of small 2, 3, and 4 unit apartment buildings. The Memorial Ave / Baldwin St neighborhood really stands out in this regard, however, as it is dominated by such small apartment buildings more than nearly any other neighborhood in America. This is a stunning visual and lifestyle example of this type of neighborhood. In fact, 42.4% of the real estate here are small 2, 3, or 4 unit apartment buildings, which is a higher proportion than found in 97.3% of America's neighborhoods.
Did you know that the Memorial Ave / Baldwin St neighborhood has more Romanian and French ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 7.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Romanian ancestry and 13.0% have French ancestry.
Memorial Ave / Baldwin St is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 3.9% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Urdu, which is the national language of Pakistan, at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.6% 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 Memorial Ave / Baldwin St neighborhood in West Springfield are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 82.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 16.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 60.8% 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 Memorial Ave / Baldwin St neighborhood, 33.4% 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 28.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (22.6%), and 15.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
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 Memorial Ave / Baldwin St neighborhood is English, spoken by 54.3% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Urdu (the national language of Pakistan) and Russian.
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 Memorial Ave / Baldwin St neighborhood in West Springfield, MA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Puerto Rican (16.7%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (16.1%), and residents who report French roots (13.0%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (8.5%), along with some Romanian ancestry residents (7.5%), among others. In addition, 28.4% 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 Memorial Ave / Baldwin St neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (42.0% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (76.6%) 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 (8.8%) . 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.
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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: 2020 (latest available). Updated annually. Please note: Unemployment data updated November 2022.
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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Raw data sources: 18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.
Date(s) & Update Frequency: Reflects 2021 calendar year; released from FBI in Oct. 2022 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2022 data?
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School Details | Grades | Quality Rating Compared to MA* | Quality Rating Compared to Nation* |
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Hampden Charter School Of Science West
511 Main St. West Springfield, MA 01089 |
06-11 | ||
Agawam High School
760 Cooper Street Agawam, MA 01001 |
09-12 | ||
Agawam Junior High School
1305 Springfield Street Feeding Hills, MA 01030 |
07-08 | ||
Roberta G. Doering School
68 Main Street Agawam, MA 01001 |
05-07 | ||
Robinson Park School
65 Begley Street Agawam, MA 01001 |
KG-04 | ||
Philip G Coburn School
115 Southworth Street West Springfield, MA 01089 |
KG-05 | ||
West Springfield Middle School
31 Middle School Dr West Springfield, MA 01089 |
06-08 | ||
Memorial School
201 Norman Street West Springfield, MA 01089 |
01-05 | ||
Mittineague School
26 Second Street West Springfield, MA 01089 |
01-05 | ||
West Springfield High School
425 Piper Road West Springfield, MA 01089 |
09-12 | ||
John Ashley School
88 Massasoit Avenue West Springfield, MA 01089 |
KG-KG | ||
* 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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