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Real Estate Prices & Overview

Richmond Park Extension / City Center median real estate price is $277,415, which is more expensive than 49.9% of the neighborhoods in North Carolina and 40.9% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.

The average rental price in Richmond Park Extension / City Center is currently $1,291, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 90.8% of North Carolina neighborhoods.

Richmond Park Extension / City Center is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Rockingham, North Carolina.

Richmond Park Extension / City Center real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) single-family homes and small apartment buildings. Most of the residential real estate is occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Many of the residences in the Richmond Park Extension / City Center neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.

Vacant apartments or homes are a major fact of life in Richmond Park Extension / City Center. The current real estate vacancy rate here is 19.3%. This is higher than the rate of vacancies in 84.9% 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.

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

Of particular note, 4.1% of the people in the Richmond Park Extension / City Center neighborhood currently reside in a correction facility, held due to punishment for a crime.

In addition, the Richmond Park Extension / City Center neighborhood stands out for having an average per capita income lower than 97.1% of the neighborhoods in the United States. The Richmond Park Extension / City Center neighborhood also has a greater percentage of children living in poverty (59.5%) than found in 96.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods. Children living in poverty is one of the challenges facing America, and the world, and in this neighborhood in particular, the problem can be considered acute.

Diversity

Did you know that the Richmond Park Extension / City Center neighborhood has more Native American ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry.

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 Richmond Park Extension / City Center neighborhood in Rockingham are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 97.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 59.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 96.7% of U.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 Richmond Park Extension / City Center neighborhood, 38.8% 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 37.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (17.5%), and 5.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the Richmond Park Extension / City Center neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.9% of households. Some people also speak Polish (4.2%).

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 Richmond Park Extension / City Center neighborhood in Rockingham, NC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (7.6%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (7.3%), and residents who report German roots (5.6%), and some of the residents are also of Scots-Irish ancestry (2.4%), along with some Native American ancestry residents (2.2%), 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 Richmond Park Extension / City Center neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (50.3% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (86.5%) 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 (5.2%) . 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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