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Data type:  
Opacity:
%

Area: 0.491 square miles

Population: 477

Population density:
Optimist Park:  973 people per square mile
Charlotte:  2,232 people per square mile

House/condo value distribution in Optimist Park in Charlotte, NC neighborhood, block, subdivision, or community

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Age and Sex of Residents in Optimist Park in Charlotte, NC

Races in Optimist Park in Charlotte neighborhood in NC

Zip codes: 28205, 28206.

Males:  235
Females:  242

Median age:
Males:
This neighborhood:  24.5 years
Whole city:  32.7 years

Females:
This neighborhood:  28.5 years
Whole city:  33.9 years


Average household size:
Optimist Park:  3.4 people
Charlotte:  2.5 people

Average family size:
Optimist Park:  3.8 members
Charlotte:  3.1 members

Percentage of married-couple families (among all households):
Here:  29.7%
city:  43.6%

Percentage of married-couple families with children (among all households):
Optimist Park:  18.6%
Charlotte:  20.5%

Percentage of single-mother households (among all households):
This neighborhood:  25.0%
Charlotte:  9.8%


Percentage of never married males 15 years old and over:
Here:  28.0%
Charlotte:  17.3%

Percentage of never married females 15 years old and over:
Optimist Park:  10.1%
city:  15.4%

Percentage of people that speak English not well or not at all:
This neighborhood:  4.0%
Charlotte:  4.8%

Percentage of people born in this state:
Here:  63.1%
Charlotte:  46.3%

Percentage of people born in another U.S. state:
Optimist Park:  22.1%
Charlotte:  41.7%

Percentage of native residents but born outside the U.S.:
Here:  1.1%
city:  1.0%

Percentage of foreign born residents:
Here:  13.7%
Charlotte:  11.0%



Educational Attainment


Rooms in owner-occupied houses/condos in Optimist Park:
  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 2
  • 3 rooms: 215
  • 4 rooms: 712
  • 5 rooms: 656
  • 6 rooms: 924
  • 7 rooms: 183
  • 8 rooms: 3
  • 9+ rooms: 281


Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Optimist Park:
  • 1 room: 740
  • 2 rooms: 324
  • 3 rooms: 1,895
  • 4 rooms: 889
  • 5 rooms: 1,093
  • 6 rooms: 1,409
  • 7 rooms: 2
  • 8 rooms: 0
  • 9+ rooms: 1


Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Optimist Park:
  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 215
  • 2 bedrooms: 696
  • 3 bedrooms: 1,783
  • 4 bedrooms: 283
  • 5+ bedrooms: 0


Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Optimist Park:
  • no bedroom: 742
  • 1 bedroom: 1,920
  • 2 bedrooms: 1,793
  • 3 bedrooms: 1,420
  • 4 bedrooms: 480
  • 5+ bedrooms: 0


Average number of cars or other vehicles available in houses/condos:
This neighborhood:  1.2
Charlotte:  1.9

Average number of cars or other vehicles available in houses/condos:
Here:  1.0
city:  1.3

Percentage of units with a mortgage:
Optimist Park:  99.4%
Charlotte:  81.6%

Housing prices:
Average estimated value of detached houses in 2007 (52.7% of all units):
Optimist Park:  $85,833
Charlotte:  $269,730

Average estimated value of townhouses or other attached units in 2007 (11.2% of all units):
This neighborhood:  $34,289
city:  $139,926

Average estimated '07 value of housing units in 3-to-4-unit structures (7.7% of all units):
Optimist Park:  $143,123
city:  $139,103

Average estimated '07 value of housing units in 5-or-more-unit structures (22.4% of all units):
Optimist Park:  $2,023
Charlotte:  $198,374

Average estimated value of mobile home in 2007 (0.0% of all units):
Optimist Park:  $1
Charlotte:  $51,251



Owners and renters by unit type in %

Mode of transportation to work in Optimist Park in Charlotte, NC

Occupations of males:
Percentage of males in computer and mathematical occupations:
Here:  5.3%
city:  4.9%

Percentage of males in life, physical, and social science occupations:
Here:  8.1%
city:  0.8%

Percentage of males in education, training, and library occupations:
Here:  5.3%
city:  1.9%

Percentage of males in service occupations:
Here:  9.8%
city:  10.7%

Percentage of males in sales and office occupations:
Here:  2.8%
city:  22.5%

Percentage of males in construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations:
Here:  21.6%
city:  14.6%

Percentage of males in production occupations:
Here:  13.9%
city:  7.0%

Percentage of males in transportation and material moving occupations:
Here:  33.0%
city:  8.7%

Occupations of females:
Percentage of females in education, training, and library occupations:
Here:  4.2%
city:  8.3%

Percentage of females in healthcare practitioners and technical occupations:
Here:  8.6%
city:  5.7%

Percentage of females in service occupations:
Here:  20.5%
city:  15.0%

Percentage of females in sales and office occupations:
Here:  47.5%
city:  36.8%

Percentage of females in production occupations:
Here:  10.3%
city:  5.0%

Percentage of females in transportation and material moving occupations:
Here:  8.3%
city:  2.2%

Percentage of people 18-64 in Armed Forces:
Optimist Park:  0.0%
Charlotte:  0.1%

Education in this neighborhood (subdivision or community):
Percentage of people 3 years and older in K-12 schools:
Optimist Park:  14.8%
Charlotte:  18.7%

Percentage of people 3 years and older in undgraduate colleges:
Optimist Park:  4.9%
Charlotte:  5.4%

Percentage of people 3 years and older in grad. or professional schools:
Optimist Park:  0.0%
Charlotte:  1.2%

Percentage of students K-12 enrolled in private schools:
Optimist Park:  3.7%
Charlotte:  13.9%

Percentage of population below poverty level:
Optimist Park:  26.1%
Charlotte:  10.6%

Median year owner moved in (as recorded in 2000):
Optimist Park:  1945
Charlotte:  1993

Median year renter moved in (as recorded in 2000):
Optimist Park:  1996
Charlotte:  1999

Median rent in 2007:
Optimist Park:  $382
Charlotte:  $668

Percentage of married-couple families with both working:
Optimist Park:  56.5%
Charlotte:  65.7%



Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Utility gas (52%)
  • Electricity (45%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)


Limited-access highways (interstate or state) in this neighborhood:
Brookshire Fwy E (State Hwy 16, I- 277)
Length: 0.32 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Roads and streets:
N Brevard St
Length: 1.36 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 901 to 2721
N Caldwell St
Length: 0.86 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 850 to 1799
N Davidson St
Length: 0.81 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 934 to 2499
Parkwood Ave
Length: 0.61 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Belmont Ave
Length: 0.27 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 400 to 699
E 16th St
Length: 0.27 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 300 to 599
Matheson Ave
Length: 0.26 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 376 to 599
E 13th St
Length: 0.24 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 400 to 699
Brevard Caldwell Con
Length: 0.19 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 917 to 999
E 28th St
Length: 0.19 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 400 to 599
E 12th St
Length: 0.18 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 300 to 481
E 25th St
Length: 0.18 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 400 to 599
E 15th St
Length: 0.17 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 400 to 599
E 17th St
Length: 0.16 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 400 to 599
Charles Ave
Length: 0.14 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 401 to 599
N Alexander St
Length: 0.13 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 1000 to 1109
Caldwell St Con (N Brevard St Con)
Length: 0.10 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 948 to 999
E 18th St
Length: 0.10 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 400 to 499
E 21st St
Length: 0.09 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 400 to 499
E 20th St
Length: 0.09 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 400 to 499
E 23rd St
Length: 0.08 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 400 to 499
E 19th St
Length: 0.08 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 400 to 519
Calvine Ave
Length: 0.06 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 900 to 999
E 26th St
Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 400 to 599
E 24th St
Length: 0.04 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 500 to 599
Julia Maulden Pl
Length: 0.03 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1600 to 1699
Railroad features:
Southern Rlwy
Length: 1.68 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Norfolk Southern Rlwy
Length: 1.52 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Seaboard Coast Line RR
Length: 0.37 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Other features:
Little Sugar Crk
Length: 0.64 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE

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