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Real Estate Prices & Overview

Mountainview Ave / S Gannon Ave median real estate price is $787,887, which is more expensive than 69.2% of the neighborhoods in New York and 88.0% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.

The average rental price in Mountainview Ave / S Gannon Ave is currently $935, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 99.7% of New York neighborhoods.

Mountainview Ave / S Gannon Ave is a densely urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Staten Island, New York.

Mountainview Ave / S Gannon Ave real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to large (four, five or more 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 Mountainview Ave / S Gannon Ave 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 Mountainview Ave / S Gannon Ave are 4.4%, which is lower than one will find in 72.3% of American neighborhoods. Demand for real estate in Mountainview Ave / S Gannon Ave 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

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 Staten Island, the Mountainview Ave / S Gannon Ave neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

People

Mountainview Ave / S Gannon Ave has the amazing distinction of housing more same sex couples living together than 98.1% of neighborhoods in the U.S. If you are seeking such a neighborhood, NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that this is one place that you should consider.

Length of Commute

Whether walking, biking, riding, or driving, the length of one's commute is an important factor for one's quality of life. The Mountainview Ave / S Gannon Ave neighborhood stands out for its commute length, according to NeighborhoodScout's analysis. Long commutes can be brutal. They take time, money, and energy, leaving less of you for yourself and your family. The residents of the Mountainview Ave / S Gannon Ave neighborhood unfortunately have the distinction of having, on average, a longer commute than most any neighborhood in America. 13.5% of commuters here travel more than one hour just one-way to work. That is more than two hours per day. This percentage with two-hour + round-trip commutes is higher than NeighborhoodScout found in 98.0% of all neighborhoods in America.

Modes of Transportation

More people ride the bus in this neighborhood each day to get to work than 97.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the Mountainview Ave / S Gannon Ave neighborhood has more Ukrainian and Jamaican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Ukrainian ancestry and 6.0% have Jamaican ancestry.

Mountainview Ave / S Gannon Ave is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 3.5% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Urdu, which is the national language of Pakistan, at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.6% 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 Mountainview Ave / S Gannon Ave neighborhood in Staten Island are wealthy, making it among the 15% highest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 86.7% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 5.3% 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 64.5% 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 Mountainview Ave / S Gannon Ave neighborhood, 45.4% 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 sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.2%), and 12.6% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.

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 Mountainview Ave / S Gannon Ave neighborhood is English, spoken by 58.2% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Langs. of India, Urdu (the national language of Pakistan), Arabic and Chinese.

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 Mountainview Ave / S Gannon Ave neighborhood in Staten Island, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Asian (14.4%). There are also a number of people of Italian ancestry (13.1%), and residents who report Irish roots (7.6%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (6.9%), along with some Jamaican ancestry residents (6.0%), among others. In addition, 32.1% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.

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 Mountainview Ave / S Gannon Ave neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (27.9% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods. However, there is also a significant group of residents (13.5%) who commute over an hour in each direction.

Here most residents (59.0%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also ride the bus to get to work (16.2%) and 5.4% of residents also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors for their daily commute. 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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