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Real Estate Prices & Overview

South Grafton Street / Sunderland median real estate price is $365,623, which is less expensive than 84.2% of Massachusetts neighborhoods and 43.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

The average rental price in South Grafton Street / Sunderland is currently $3,177, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 54.8% of Massachusetts neighborhoods.

South Grafton Street / Sunderland is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Worcester, Massachusetts.

South Grafton Street / Sunderland real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) single-family homes and apartment complexes/high-rise apartments. Most of the residential real estate is occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Many of the residences in the South Grafton Street / Sunderland neighborhood are established but not old, having been built between 1970 and 1999. A number of residences were also built between 1940 and 1969.

Real estate vacancies in South Grafton Street / Sunderland are 4.7%, which is lower than one will find in 70.4% of American neighborhoods. Demand for real estate in South Grafton Street / Sunderland 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.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

People

South Grafton Street / Sunderland is ranked among the top 7.5% of neighborhoods for first-time home buyers to consider in the state of Massachusetts according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Homes here are priced below median housing values in the state, yet maintain moderate appreciation rates compared to other communities. Buying into the South Grafton Street / Sunderland neighborhood is not only an accessible option but an investment opportunity for many first-time home buyers.

Diversity

Did you know that the South Grafton Street / Sunderland neighborhood has more Austrian and Brazilian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Austrian ancestry and 2.0% have Brazilian ancestry.

South Grafton Street / Sunderland is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 2.7% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Portuguese at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.4% 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 South Grafton Street / Sunderland neighborhood in Worcester 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. In addition, 4.8% 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 65.9% of America'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 South Grafton Street / Sunderland neighborhood, 39.0% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 23.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (19.1%), and 18.1% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

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 South Grafton Street / Sunderland neighborhood is English, spoken by 79.9% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Langs. of India, African languages and Portuguese.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the South Grafton Street / Sunderland neighborhood in Worcester, MA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Puerto Rican (15.6%). There are also a number of people of Italian ancestry (13.7%), and residents who report Irish roots (12.9%), and some of the residents are also of Sub-Saharan African ancestry (12.0%), along with some Asian ancestry residents (8.8%), among others. In addition, 18.9% 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 South Grafton Street / Sunderland neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (43.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (77.3%) 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 (12.8%) . 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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