REAL ESTATE PRICES AND OVERVIEW

Sherwood Forest median real estate price is $95,995, which is less expensive than 89.2% of Florida neighborhoods and 82.1% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

The average rental price in Sherwood Forest is currently $860, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 88.5% of Florida neighborhoods.

Sherwood Forest is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Jacksonville, Florida.

Sherwood Forest 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 Sherwood Forest neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.

Sherwood Forest has a 11.9% vacancy rate, which is well above average compared to other U.S. neighborhoods (higher than 62.7% of American neighborhoods). Most vacant housing here is vacant year round. This could either signal that there is weak demand for real estate in the neighborhood or that large amount of new housing has been built and not yet occupied. Either way, if you live here, you may find many of the homes or apartments are 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.

NOTABLE & UNIQUE: DIVERSITY

Did you know that the Sherwood Forest neighborhood has more Jamaican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 10.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Jamaican ancestry.

THE NEIGHBORS

THE NEIGHBORS: INCOME

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the Sherwood Forest neighborhood in Jacksonville are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 88.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 21.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 59.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.

THE NEIGHBORS: OCCUPATIONS

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the Sherwood Forest neighborhood, 38.4% of the working population is employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support 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 31.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (19.2%), and 11.2% in executive, management, and professional occupations.

THE NEIGHBORS: 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 Sherwood Forest neighborhood in Jacksonville, FL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Sub-Saharan African (18.0%). There are also a number of people of African ancestry (18.0%), and residents who report Jamaican roots (10.4%), and some of the residents are also of Haitia ancestry (1.7%).

THE NEIGHBORS: LANGUAGES

The most common language spoken in the Sherwood Forest neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.7% of households.

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 Sherwood Forest neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (44.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (79.4%) 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 (17.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.