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Real Estate Prices & Overview

Lincoln Knolls / McGuffey Heights median real estate price is $197,915, which is more expensive than 47.4% of the neighborhoods in Ohio and 25.0% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.

The average rental price in Lincoln Knolls / McGuffey Heights is currently $932, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 98.3% of Ohio neighborhoods.

Lincoln Knolls / McGuffey Heights is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Youngstown, Ohio.

Lincoln Knolls / McGuffey Heights real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to small (studio to two 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 Lincoln Knolls / McGuffey Heights neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.

Home and apartment vacancy rates are 8.0% in Lincoln Knolls / McGuffey Heights. NeighborhoodScout analysis shows that this rate is lower than 49.8% of the neighborhoods in the nation, approximately near the middle range for vacancies.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

People

The Lincoln Knolls / McGuffey Heights neighborhood stands out for having an average per capita income lower than 99.1% of the neighborhoods in the United States. The Lincoln Knolls / McGuffey Heights neighborhood also has a greater percentage of children living in poverty (79.5%) than found in 99.3% 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.

In addition, of particular note, 17.5% of the people in the Lincoln Knolls / McGuffey Heights neighborhood currently reside in a correction facility, held due to punishment for a crime.

Diversity

Did you know that the Lincoln Knolls / McGuffey Heights neighborhood has more Romanian and Puerto Rican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Romanian ancestry and 15.9% have Puerto Rican ancestry.

Lincoln Knolls / McGuffey Heights is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 3.6% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Greek at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.8% 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 Lincoln Knolls / McGuffey Heights neighborhood in Youngstown are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 99.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 79.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 99.3% of U.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 Lincoln Knolls / McGuffey Heights neighborhood, 39.6% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer 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 30.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (18.4%), and 12.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support 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 Lincoln Knolls / McGuffey Heights neighborhood is English, spoken by 82.3% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Greek, Polish and French.

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 Lincoln Knolls / McGuffey Heights neighborhood in Youngstown, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Puerto Rican (15.9%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (10.0%), and residents who report Polish roots (3.6%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (3.2%), along with some Romanian ancestry residents (2.2%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in Lincoln Knolls / McGuffey Heights neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (44.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (69.8%) 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 (19.2%) . 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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