-
-
-
- Menu
640 Vital Statistics. 32 Condition Alerts found.
10
Alerts
2
Alerts
4
Alerts
7
Alerts
9
Alerts
Valley Rd / Washington Ln median real estate price is $504,508, which is more expensive than 95.9% of the neighborhoods in Pennsylvania and 83.1% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Valley Rd / Washington Ln is currently $1,941, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. The average rental cost in this neighborhood is higher than 92.5% of the neighborhoods in Pennsylvania.
Valley Rd / Washington Ln is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania.
Valley Rd / Washington Ln real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to large (four, five or more bedroom) single-family homes and townhomes. Most of the residential real estate is owner occupied. Many of the residences in the Valley Rd / Washington Ln neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built before 1940.
Real estate vacancies in Valley Rd / Washington Ln are 4.7%, which is lower than one will find in 76.4% of American neighborhoods. Demand for real estate in Valley Rd / Washington Ln 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.
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 Jenkintown, the Valley Rd / Washington Ln neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Real estate in the Valley Rd / Washington Ln neighborhood is almost exclusively owner-occupied. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher rate of owner-occupied housing than is found in 99.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. If you are seeking to rent, this neighborhood may not have many options, but high rates of ownership often indicate stability in a neighborhood.
In addition, the Valley Rd / Washington Ln neighborhood has earned the amazing distinction of having one of the highest rates of detached, single-family homes of any neighborhood in the U.S. With 98.5% of the residential real estate here made up of free-standing single-family homes, there is a greater proportion of single-family homes here than in 97.7% of all neighborhoods in America.
Furthermore, one way that the Valley Rd / Washington Ln neighborhood really stands out, is that it has more large 4, 5, or additional bedroom homes and real estate than 96.3% of the neighborhoods in America. When you walk or drive around this neighborhood, you'll instantly notice the size of the homes here which definitely makes a strong visual statement.
A majority of the adults in the Valley Rd / Washington Ln neighborhood are wealthy and educated executives. They own stately homes that tend to maintain high real estate appreciation rates. Their upper-level careers keep them busy, but allow them to live comfortably. If you're an executive and want to keep similar company, consider settling in this neighborhood, rated as an executive lifestyle "best choice" neighborhood for Pennsylvania by NeighborhoodScout's analysis, which rated it as better for executive lifestyles than 99.0% of the neighborhoods in Pennsylvania. In addition to being an excellent choice for highly educated executives, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for urban sophisticates and families with school-aged children.
In addition, if knowledge is power, then imagine the cumulative power of one neighborhood where many of the adults have earned an advanced degree, such as a Masters, law degree, medical degree, or even a Ph.D. This is certainly the case in the Valley Rd / Washington Ln neighborhood, where 38.2% have earned an advanced degree. Compare that to the average neighborhood in America, where just 8.4% of adults have completed a post-graduate degree, and you can see why this neighborhood is a stand out. In fact, this neighborhood has a higher rate of adults with an advanced degree than 97.3% of the neighborhoods in America.
Also, if you come to know the people here, you will recognize that you're in the company of one of the wealthiest communities in the nation. In fact, a mere 2.7% of America's neighborhoods are wealthier than the Valley Rd / Washington Ln neighborhood. Real estate here is exceedingly well-maintained, and similarly, tends to maintain its value over time. The cars driven are mostly luxury brands like Mercedes, Audi, BMW, and Lexus. If the public schools aren't up to snuff, the residents of this neighborhood preferentially send their children to private preparatory schools. Vacation to Disney? Yes, but equally popular are summers in Europe.
Finally, priests and therapists would like to think they know the secrets to a truly successful marriage, but according to NeighborhoodScout's research, the folks of the Valley Rd / Washington Ln neighborhood may actually hold the key. 67.4% of its residents are married, which is a higher percentage than is found in 97.2% of the neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the Valley Rd / Washington Ln neighborhood has more Eastern European and Russian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 5.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Eastern European ancestry and 10.3% have Russian ancestry.
Valley Rd / Washington Ln is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 3.9% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Russian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.6% of the neighborhoods in America.
Some neighborhoods have more internal cohesiveness than others. While other neighborhoods feel like a collection of strangers who just happen to live near each other. Sometimes this comes down to not only the personalities of the people in a place, but how long people have been together in that neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research has revealed some interesting things about the rootedness of people in the Valley Rd / Washington Ln neighborhood. More residents of the Valley Rd / Washington Ln neighborhood live here today that also were living in this same neighborhood five years ago than is found in 96.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. This neighborhood is really made up of people who know each other, don't move often, and have lived here in this very neighborhood for quite a while.
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 Valley Rd / Washington Ln neighborhood in Jenkintown 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 97.3% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 5.9% 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 71.0% 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 Valley Rd / Washington Ln neighborhood, 63.9% 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 18.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (12.2%), and 5.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
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 Valley Rd / Washington Ln neighborhood is English, spoken by 86.2% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Russian and Spanish.
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the Valley Rd / Washington Ln neighborhood in Jenkintown, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (19.5%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (18.3%), and residents who report Italian roots (14.0%), and some of the residents are also of Russian ancestry (10.3%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (6.9%), among others.
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 Valley Rd / Washington Ln neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (28.0% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (87.1%) 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 (6.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.
Analytics built by: Location, Inc.
Raw data sources: National Agriculture Statistics Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Federal Housing Finance Agency, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Bureau of the Census, U.S. Geological Service, American Community Survey.
Methodology: NeighborhoodScout uses over 600 characteristics to build a neighborhood profile… Read more
44 Vital Statistics. 10 Condition Alerts found.
Analytics built by: Location, Inc.
Raw data sources: American Community Survey, U.S. Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Education, 50 state departments of education, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 18,000+ local law enforcement agencies, Federal Housing Finance Agency, U.S. Geological Service, National Agricultural Statistics Service.
Date(s) & Update Frequency: 2018 (latest available). Updated annually. Please note: Unemployment data updated November 2020.
Methodology: Unlike standardly available Census demographics, NeighborhoodScout uses dozens of custom models to transform 8.5 million raw demographic data elements from government sources into proprietary indices and insights…. Read more about Scout's Demographic Data
136 Vital Statistics. 2 Condition Alerts found.
Analytics built by: Location, Inc.
Raw data sources: 18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.
Date(s) & Update Frequency: Reflects 2019 calendar year; released from FBI in Sept. 2020 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2020 data?
Methodology: Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more about Scout's Crime Data
67 Vital Statistics. 4 Condition Alerts found.
| Crime | |
|---|---|
| Valley Rd / Washington Ln | 0.101011101001110 |
| Jenkintown | 0.101011101001110 |
| Pennsylvania | 3.06 |
| Crime | |
|---|---|
| Valley Rd / Washington Ln | 0.101011101001110 |
| Jenkintown | 0.101011101001110 |
| Pennsylvania | 14.03 |
| Crime | |
|---|---|
| Valley Rd / Washington Ln | 0.101011101001110 |
| Jenkintown | 0.101011101001110 |
| Pennsylvania | 41 |
Analytics built by: Location, Inc.
Methodology: Only NeighborhoodScout gives you nationally comparable school ranks based on test scores, so you can directly compare the quality of schools in any location. Read more about Scout's School Data
65 Vital Statistics. 7 Condition Alerts found.
| Discipline | District | State |
|---|---|---|
| Proficiency in Reading and Math | 0.101011101001110 | 0.101011101001110 |
| Proficiency in Reading | 0.101011101001110 | 0.101011101001110 |
| Proficiency in Math | 0.101011101001110 | 0.101011101001110 |
| School Details | Grades | Quality Rating Compared to PA* | Quality Rating Compared to Nation* |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Abington Junior High School
2056 Susquehanna St Abington, PA 19001 |
07-09 | ||
|
Abington High School
900 Highland Avenue Abington, PA 19001 |
10-12 | ||
|
Copper Beech School
825 N Easton Road Glenside, PA 19038 |
KG-06 | ||
|
Highland School
1301 Edge Hill Rd Abington, PA 19001 |
KG-06 | ||
|
Mckinley School
370 Cedar Rd Elkins Park, PA 19027 |
KG-06 | ||
|
Overlook School
1750 Edge Hill Rd Abington, PA 19001 |
KG-06 | ||
|
Roslyn School
2565 Susquehanna Street Roslyn, PA 19001 |
KG-06 | ||
|
Rydal East School
1160 Huntingdon Pike Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006 |
KG-06 | ||
|
Willow Hill School
1700 Coolidge Avenue Willow Grove, PA 19090 |
KG-06 | ||
| * 10 is highest | |||
Analytics built by: Location, Inc.
Raw data sources: U.S. Department of Education, 50 state departments of education, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Dow Jones S&P, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 18,000+ local law enforcement agencies, Federal Housing Finance Agency, U.S. Bureau of the Census, American Community Survey, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Geological Service, U.S. Department of Transportation, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics, Federal Highway Administration, National Agricultural Statistics.
Methodology: Scout Vision uniquely solves for investment risk by generating Home Price Appreciation projections with unprecedented geographic granularity and predictive accuracy, for every micro-neighborhood (block group) in the U.S. Read more
328 Vital Statistics. 9 Condition Alerts found.
Disclaimer
Forecasts of potential occurrences or non-occurrences of future conditions and events are inherently uncertain. Actual
results may differ materially from what is predicted in any information provided by Location Inc. Nothing contained in or
generated by a Location Inc. product or services is, or should be relied upon as, a promise or representation as to the future
performance or prediction of real estate values. No representation is made as to the accuracy of any forecast, estimate, or
projection. Location Inc. makes no express or implied warranty and all information and content is provided "As is" without
any warranties of any kind. Location Inc. expressly disclaims any warranty of accuracy or predictability, and any warranty of
merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Location Inc. further disclaims any liability for damages, loss, or injury
arising out of the use this site and the data. All risks associated with using the site and the data are borne by the user at
user's sole cost and expense. By using the site you agree to our
Terms of Use.
