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Real Estate Prices & Overview

S Old US Highway 23 / Skeman Rd median real estate price is $449,968, which is more expensive than 87.6% of the neighborhoods in Michigan and 63.7% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.

The average rental price in S Old US Highway 23 / Skeman Rd is currently $1,914, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. The average rental cost in this neighborhood is higher than 77.8% of the neighborhoods in Michigan.

S Old US Highway 23 / Skeman Rd is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Brighton, Michigan.

S Old US Highway 23 / Skeman Rd 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 S Old US Highway 23 / Skeman Rd neighborhood are established but not old, having been built between 1970 and 1999. A number of residences were also built between 1940 and 1969.

In S Old US Highway 23 / Skeman Rd, the current vacancy rate is 0.6%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 92.7% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in S Old US Highway 23 / Skeman Rd is very tight compared to the demand for property here.

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

According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, S Old US Highway 23 / Skeman Rd is among the best neighborhoods for families in Michigan. In fact, this neighborhood is more family-friendly than 96.9% of neighborhoods in the entire state of Michigan. Its combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes gives this area the look and feel of a "Leave It to Beaver" episode. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a strong sense of community. In addition, the high number of college-educated parents influences the academic success of the local schools. Overall, you will find all of the amenities a family needs to thrive in the S Old US Highway 23 / Skeman Rd neighborhood. In addition to being an excellent choice for families with school-aged children, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for highly educated executives and college students.

Diversity

Did you know that the S Old US Highway 23 / Skeman Rd neighborhood has more Finnish and Belgian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Finnish ancestry and 1.2% have Belgian ancestry.

S Old US Highway 23 / Skeman Rd is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 13.7% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Polish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.2% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the S Old US Highway 23 / Skeman Rd neighborhood in Brighton are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 83.5% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 2.3% 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 74.1% 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 S Old US Highway 23 / Skeman Rd neighborhood, 46.8% 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 22.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (20.4%), and 10.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the S Old US Highway 23 / Skeman Rd neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.2% of households. Some people also speak Polish (13.7%).

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 S Old US Highway 23 / Skeman Rd neighborhood in Brighton, MI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (20.5%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (12.8%), and residents who report Italian roots (10.8%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (10.6%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (8.3%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 S Old US Highway 23 / Skeman Rd neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (40.8% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (80.8%) 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 (6.6%) . 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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