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Real Estate Prices & Overview

Harwin Dr / Parkfront Dr median real estate price is $258,980, which is more expensive than 46.7% of the neighborhoods in Texas and 34.8% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.

The average rental price in Harwin Dr / Parkfront Dr is currently $1,170, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 91.8% of Texas neighborhoods.

Harwin Dr / Parkfront Dr is a densely urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Houston, Texas.

Harwin Dr / Parkfront Dr real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) apartment complexes/high-rise apartments and small apartment buildings. Most of the residential real estate is renter occupied. Many of the residences in the Harwin Dr / Parkfront Dr neighborhood are established but not old, having been built between 1970 and 1999. A number of residences were also built between 1940 and 1969.

Vacant apartments or homes are a major fact of life in Harwin Dr / Parkfront Dr. The current real estate vacancy rate here is 28.8%. This is higher than the rate of vacancies in 94.1% of all U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, most vacant housing here is vacant year round. This can sometimes be the case in neighborhoods dominated by new construction that is not yet occupied. But often neighborhoods with vacancy rates this high are places that can be plagued by a protracted vacancy problem. If you live here, you may find that a number of buildings in your neighborhood are actually empty.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.

Modes of Transportation

In the Harwin Dr / Parkfront Dr neighborhood, carpooling is still a popular way to get to and from work. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that 46.5% of commuters carpool here, which is more than in 99.9% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Occupations

More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the Harwin Dr / Parkfront Dr neighborhood than in 99.8% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.

Real Estate

Renter-occupied real estate is dominant in the Harwin Dr / Parkfront Dr neighborhood. The percentage of rental real estate here, according to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, is 100.0%, which is higher than 99.3% of the neighborhoods in America. If you were to buy and live in the property you bought here, you would be almost alone in doing so.

In addition, the Harwin Dr / Parkfront Dr neighborhood is very unique in that it has one of the highest proportions of one, two, or no bedroom real estate of any neighborhood in America. Most neighborhoods have a mixture of home or apartment sizes from small to large, but here the concentration of studios and other small living spaces is at near-record heights. With 95.4% of the real estate here of this small size, this most assuredly is a notable feature that makes this neighborhood unique, along with just a handful of other neighborhoods in the U.S. that share this characteristic.

Furthermore, the real estate in the Harwin Dr / Parkfront Dr neighborhood really stands out in the way it looks for a unique reason: this neighborhood has a higher proportion of apartment complexes or high-rise apartments than nearly every neighborhood in the country. Most neighborhoods are a mixture of real estate and housing types, but here it is almost entirely dominated by big apartment buildings and complexes. In fact, 81.3% of the real estate here is classified as apartment complexes or high-rise apartments, which is more than is found in 96.9% of American neighborhoods.

Car Ownership

Most American households own a car or other vehicle. Many own two cars or perhaps three. In the United States, it is useful to have an automobile not only for commuting, but also for shopping and getting to other services one needs. But NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed that households in the Harwin Dr / Parkfront Dr neighborhood have a highly unusual car ownership. 30.1% of the households in this neighborhood don't own a car at all. This is more carless households than NeighborhoodScout found in 97.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.

People

The Harwin Dr / Parkfront Dr neighborhood stands out for having an average per capita income lower than 95.4% of the neighborhoods in the United States. The Harwin Dr / Parkfront Dr neighborhood also has a greater percentage of children living in poverty (57.7%) than found in 96.3% 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.

Migration / Stability

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 Harwin Dr / Parkfront Dr neighborhood. What is interesting to note, is that the Harwin Dr / Parkfront Dr neighborhood has a greater percentage of residents born in another country (71.0%) than are found in 99.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the Harwin Dr / Parkfront Dr neighborhood has more Cuban ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 9.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Cuban ancestry.

Harwin Dr / Parkfront Dr is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 86.5% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 99.2% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

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 Harwin Dr / Parkfront Dr neighborhood in Houston are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 95.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 57.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 96.3% 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 Harwin Dr / Parkfront Dr neighborhood, 58.6% 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 31.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in farming, forestry, or commercial fishing (3.4%), and 3.3% in executive, management, and professional 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 Harwin Dr / Parkfront Dr neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 86.5% of households. Other important languages spoken here include English and Vietnamese.

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 Harwin Dr / Parkfront Dr neighborhood in Houston, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (38.9%). There are also a number of people of Cuban ancestry (9.3%), and residents who report South American roots (5.5%), and some of the residents are also of Asian ancestry (1.9%), along with some Spanish ancestry residents (1.8%), among others. In addition, 71.0% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.

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 Harwin Dr / Parkfront Dr neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (46.6% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (46.5%) carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work. In addition, quite a number also drive alone in a private automobile to get to work (37.1%) and 10.0% of residents also ride the bus for their daily commute. Despite relying on the automobile to get to work, residents of this neighborhood share the ride more than most neighborhoods, reducing traffic, pollution, and saving money.


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