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Real Estate Prices & Overview

Briarhurst Park median real estate price is $400,459, which is more expensive than 37.1% of the neighborhoods in New York and 61.1% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.

The average rental price in Briarhurst Park is currently $2,997, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 46.5% of New York neighborhoods.

Briarhurst Park is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Buffalo, New York.

Briarhurst Park 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 Briarhurst Park neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.

In Briarhurst Park, the current vacancy rate is 1.8%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 88.8% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in Briarhurst Park is very tight compared to the demand for property here.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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 Buffalo, the Briarhurst Park neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

People

Of note is NeighborhoodScout's research finding that the Briarhurst Park neighborhood has some of the lowest rates of children living in poverty of any neighborhood in the United States. In a nation where approximately 1 in 4 children are living in poverty, the Briarhurst Park community truly stands out from the rest in this regard.

In addition, the Briarhurst Park neighborhood is considered a solid choice for executive lifestyles. NeighborhoodScout's analysis ranks it as better than 94.3% of New York neighborhoods for executive living, based on the wealthy, educated professionals, executives, and managers who choose to reside here, the spacious homes that are prominent features of the real estate in the neighborhood, and the high real estate appreciation rates found here relative to other neighborhoods in the state. In addition to being an excellent choice for highly educated executives, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for urban sophisticates, active retirees and families with school-aged children.

Diversity

Did you know that the Briarhurst Park neighborhood has more Polish and Italian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 15.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Polish ancestry and 21.9% have Italian ancestry.

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 Briarhurst Park neighborhood in Buffalo are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 83.9% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.0% 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 100.0% 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 Briarhurst Park neighborhood, 51.4% 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 27.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (12.8%), and 8.1% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the Briarhurst Park neighborhood is English, spoken by 91.3% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Briarhurst Park neighborhood in Buffalo, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (25.2%). There are also a number of people of Italian ancestry (21.9%), and residents who report Irish roots (17.6%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (15.2%), along with some English ancestry residents (10.7%), 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 Briarhurst Park neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (40.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (84.8%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. 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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