Royal Oaks Ln / Kendrick Rd median real estate price is $391,210, which is more expensive than 66.4% of the neighborhoods in North Carolina and 54.4% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Royal Oaks Ln / Kendrick Rd is currently $1,864, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 44.8% of North Carolina neighborhoods.
Royal Oaks Ln / Kendrick Rd is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Gastonia, North Carolina.
Royal Oaks Ln / Kendrick 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 townhomes. Most of the residential real estate is owner occupied. Many of the residences in the Royal Oaks Ln / Kendrick Rd neighborhood are established but not old, having been built between 1970 and 1999. A number of residences were also built between 2000 and the present.
In Royal Oaks Ln / Kendrick Rd, the current vacancy rate is 0.4%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 93.2% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in Royal Oaks Ln / Kendrick Rd is very tight compared to the demand for property here.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Gastonia, the Royal Oaks Ln / Kendrick Rd neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
The Royal Oaks Ln / Kendrick Rd neighborhood is a great option for families, as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's research on this neighborhood. The combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes, make this neighborhood among the top 5.3% of family-friendly neighborhoods in the state of North Carolina. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a sense of community. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools. 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.
Did you know that the Royal Oaks Ln / Kendrick Rd neighborhood has more Scots-Irish and British ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Scots-Irish ancestry and 2.2% have British ancestry.
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 Royal Oaks Ln / Kendrick Rd neighborhood in Gastonia are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 77.4% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 3.5% 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 69.6% of America's neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the Royal Oaks Ln / Kendrick Rd neighborhood, 52.2% 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 21.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (18.8%), and 7.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the Royal Oaks Ln / Kendrick Rd neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.0% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (4.3%).
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the Royal Oaks Ln / Kendrick Rd neighborhood in Gastonia, NC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (10.1%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (7.8%), and residents who report Irish roots (5.4%), and some of the residents are also of Scots-Irish ancestry (4.0%), along with some British ancestry residents (2.2%), 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 Royal Oaks Ln / Kendrick Rd neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (39.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (81.7%) 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 (7.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.