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Real Estate Prices & Overview

Eddington / Cornwells Heights median real estate price is $444,382, which is more expensive than 82.8% of the neighborhoods in Pennsylvania and 65.4% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.

The average rental price in Eddington / Cornwells Heights is currently $1,563, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 62.2% of Pennsylvania neighborhoods.

Eddington / Cornwells Heights is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Bensalem, Pennsylvania.

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

Real estate vacancies in Eddington / Cornwells Heights are 3.9%, which is lower than one will find in 75.4% of American neighborhoods. Demand for real estate in Eddington / Cornwells Heights 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 Bensalem, the Eddington / Cornwells Heights neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Diversity

Did you know that the Eddington / Cornwells Heights neighborhood has more Irish and Finnish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 30.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Irish ancestry and 1.9% have Finnish ancestry.

Eddington / Cornwells Heights is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 2.3% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Vietnamese at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 95.3% 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 Eddington / Cornwells Heights neighborhood in Bensalem are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 68.1% of the neighborhoods in America. With 20.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 68.5% 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 Eddington / Cornwells Heights neighborhood, 44.5% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 25.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.1%), and 7.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the Eddington / Cornwells Heights neighborhood is English, spoken by 84.2% of households. Some people also speak Vietnamese (2.3%).

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 Eddington / Cornwells Heights neighborhood in Bensalem, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (30.4%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (25.2%), and residents who report Italian roots (16.1%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (8.7%), along with some Asian ancestry residents (7.1%), among others. In addition, 11.4% 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 Eddington / Cornwells Heights neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (31.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (87.5%) 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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