Remote: Neighborhoods with the fewest people per square mile in the nation, generally less than 100 per square mile. Rural: Neighborhoods consist mostly of open space or agricultural areas but also generally have around 100 residents per square mile. Suburban: Although not necessarily outside city limits, these neighborhoods have a more generous amount of space per person with densities generally between 1,000 and 5,000 people per square mile.
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Urban: Generally between 5,000 and 10,000 people per square mile, these are full built up places although not among the most dense in the country. The look and feel of the neighborhood, from high rises on the coast, to rural farmlands.ĭensely Urban: With densities above 10,000 people per square mile these are some of the densest neighborhoods in the nation. (Note that smaller lakes are not included, or neighborhoods that have little shoreline on a lake, relative to the size of the entire neighborhood).įarms: Agricultural land uses are a significant part of the neighborhood and contribute to its character. These are lakes large enough to include recreation and scenic areas. Lakefront: The neighborhood includes shoreline on a significant body of freshwater. If you live here, you may find that a number of buildings in your neighborhood are actually empty.Ĭoastal: Neighborhoods on the ocean or tidally influenced rivers. But often neighborhoods with vacancy rates this high are places that can be plagued by a protracted vacancy problem. This can sometimes be the case in neighborhoods dominated by new construction that is not yet occupied. In addition, most vacant housing here is vacant year round. This is higher than the rate of vacancies in 81.4% of all U.S.
The current real estate vacancy rate here is 17.5%. Vacant apartments or homes are a major fact of life in Hammocks. A number of residences were also built between 19. Many of the residences in the Hammocks neighborhood are newer, built in 2000 or more recently. Most of the residential real estate is occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Hammocks real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to small (studio to two bedroom) single-family homes and mobile homes. Hammocks is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Lynn Haven, Florida. Rents here are currently lower in price than 84.2% of Florida neighborhoods. The average rental price in Hammocks is currently $1,489, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Hammocks median real estate price is $230,208, which is less expensive than 71.2% of Florida neighborhoods and 63.6% of all U.S. If there was not a name available, we named the census tract by the largest street intersection in the census tract (e.g., Worcester, MA (Lincoln St/Plantation St)
Then we named each census tract to the local colloquially recognized neighborhood name for that spot (e.g., Boston, MA (Dorchester). Since census tracts are subdivisions of a county, we did a spatial overlay of the census tracts onto city and town boundaries using a geographic information system to properly assign each census tract to its appropriate city or town. In urban areas, they are small, and in rural areas they can cover an entire small town or even a few small towns in very rural areas. Because census tracts are based on population, they vary in size depending on the density of settlement. This is the most fine-grained area for which detailed information is made available from the government, to protect the individual privacy of each of us. Census tracts usually have 4,000 persons, but can range between 1,500 and 8,000 persons. Census Bureau in conjunction with local authorities all across the country to define real neighborhoods that are bounded to contain areas with homogeneous population characteristics (including economic status, lifestyle, and living conditions). NeighborhoodScout® uses the official government designation for neighborhoods - the census tract.Ĭensus tracts are small, relatively permanent subdivisions of a county that are defined by the U.S.