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The average rental cost in this neighborhood is higher than Waban is a suburban neighborhood based on population density located in Newton, Massachusetts. Most of the residential real estate is owner occupied. Many of the residences in the Waban neighborhood are relatively historic, built no later than , and in some cases, quite a bit earlier.
A number of residences were also built between and In Waban, the current vacancy rate is 0. This means that the housing supply in Waban is very tight compared to the demand for property here. 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 Newton, the Waban neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting. 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 0.
Real estate here is exceedingly well-maintained, and similarly, tends to maintain its value over time. 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. As one would expect in a considerably wealthy neighborhood such as this, Waban also has one of the lowest ratings of child poverty in the nation.
In addition, if you're a regular supporter of the arts and enjoy outings to the theatre, weekend boutique-ing, or even a finely aged wine with dinner, than you're in good company with the people of the Waban neighborhood. This neighborhood is uniquely immersed with more "urban sophisticates" than The people here truly stand out as a class among their own. They are an exclusive community characterized by refined tastes, cultural inclinations, and the means to live well.
Urban sophisticates live a big city lifestyle, whether or not they live in or near a big city. They are educated executives or managers by week, and serial patrons of the arts by weekend.
If this lifestyle pertains to you, than you'll certainly feel right at home in the Waban neighborhood. In addition to being an excellent choice for urban sophisticates, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for highly educated executives, families with school-aged children and active retirees.
Also, 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. This is certainly the case in the Waban neighborhood, where Compare that to the average neighborhood in America, where just In fact, this neighborhood has a higher rate of adults with an advanced degree than 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 Waban neighborhood may actually hold the key.
The Waban neighborhood has a higher proportion of its residents employed as executives, managers and professionals than In fact, With such a high concentration, this truly shapes the character of this neighborhood, and to a large degree defines what this neighborhood is about.
One way that the Waban neighborhood really stands out, is that it has more large 4, 5, or additional bedroom homes and real estate than 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. In addition, this neighborhood has the distinction of having one of the lowest real estate vacancy rates of any neighborhood in America.
With just 0. This could have the effect of increasing real estate prices, increasing supply to meet demand, or both. Furthermore, if you find historic homes and neighborhoods attractive, you love the details, the history, and the charm, then you are sure to be interested in this neighborhood.
With In this regard, this neighborhood truly stands out as special. Did you know that the Waban neighborhood has more Russian and Eastern European ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America?
It's true! In fact, 8. 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.
NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than In addition, 0. 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 Waban neighborhood, 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 Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations 3.
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 Waban neighborhood is English, spoken by Other important languages spoken here include Chinese and Spanish.
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 Waban neighborhood in Newton, MA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish There are also a number of people of Asian ancestry In addition, 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 Waban neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work Here most residents In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.
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Methodology: NeighborhoodScout uses over characteristics to build a neighborhood profile… Read more. Median home value is the value which has equal numbers of homes valued above and below it.
The median home value is more stable than the average home value, which can be greatly affected by a few very high or very low home values. The average effective real estate tax rate is based on the median real estate taxes paid in the neighborhood, as a percentage of the median home value in the neighborhood.
Average market rent is exclusively developed by NeighborhoodScout. It reveals the average monthly rent paid for market rate apartments and rental homes in the neighborhood, excluding public housing. Utility payments are not included. Average annual rent as a percentage of property value. Gross rental yield is based on average market rents paid for a unit with the same number of bedrooms as the median owner occupied home. Lakefront: The neighborhood includes shoreline on a significant body of freshwater.
These are lakes large enough to include recreation and scenic areas. Note that smaller lakes are not included, or neighborhoods that have little shoreline on a lake, relative to the size of the entire neighborhood.
Farms: Agricultural land uses are a significant part of the neighborhood and contribute to its character. The look and feel of the neighborhood, from high rises on the coast, to rural farmlands. Densely Urban: With densities above 10, people per square mile these are some of the densest neighborhoods in the nation.
Urban: Generally between 5, and 10, people per square mile, these are full built up places although not among the most dense in the country. Suburban: Although not necessarily outside city limits, these neighborhoods have a more generous amount of space per person with densities generally between 1, and 5, people per square mile. Rural: Neighborhoods consist mostly of open space or agricultural areas but also generally have around residents per square mile.
Remote: Neighborhoods with the fewest people per square mile in the nation, generally less than per square mile. The proportion of homes and apartments in the neighborhood built within a certain time period.
These are the predominate forms of housing in the neighborhood. Percentages are based on the number of housing units in the neighborhood of each housing type. The predominate size of homes in the neighborhood, based on the number of bedrooms.
Homes include single family houses as well as apartment and condominium units. These housing types are not for sale or for rent to the general public but may have a strong influence on the character of the neighborhood. The percentage of housing units in the neighborhood that are occupied by the property owner versus occupied by a tenant.
Vacant units are counted separately. The average annual change in the vacancy rate in the neighborhood during the latest five years. Trend is based on the percentage of properties that are vacant year round. Raw data sources: American Community Survey, U. Department of Education, 50 state departments of education, U. Updated annually. Please note: Unemployment data updated August Methodology: Unlike standardly available Census demographics, NeighborhoodScout uses dozens of custom models to transform 8.
So the name "Waban" for the new village easily suggested itself to my father. I am told Waban, or Wabanoki, means "east" in the Indian tongue. The spelling of the name cannot be held to coincide with its pronunciation. I believe the pronunciation is correct and the correct spelling would be either Wauban or more probably Waughban.
Waban Neighborhood Club. Colonial settlement was a slow process in Waban. Though settlers came to Newton as early as the s, more than a generation passed before the Woodwards established themselves in Waban. The couple received a title to a acre property as a wedding present in and eight generations later, their decedents still occupy the original house.
The structure still stands and is one of the 16 historic properties designated as a Newton Landmark Preservation Site. Other settlers soon followed in the Woodward's footsteps and by the 18 th century several large farms had been established.
In the mid s interest in suburban devlopments ear the Boston and Albany Railroad became increasingly widespread. Inside the stone wall, at a distance of ten or twelve feet, was a picket fence for the hill portion of the farm, the idea being to make a deer park out of the hill with a driveway encircling it.
One thing that mystifies me in regard to this deer park, with its fence and wall undeniably existent, is that even a half-grown faun would skip it as lightly as a feather. Perhaps, however, the theory was that the deer would use the park as a sanctuary, and the fence was not to keep them in but to keep dogs and other intruders out. It amuses me to recall that years later Mr. Day of West Newton had the same idea of a deer park for this region, and that he bought the back land along the north base of Moffatt Hill and enclosed it with a wire fence.
I doubt if he knew that he was repeating history. At any rate, the deer repeated by vaulting his higher fence. In practical form this deer park became a cow pasture, and there was a square milking paddock under a big oak just where the Saville and Brown houses join today.
The farmhouse which we came to occupy is the present rectory of the Church of the Good Shepherd, and has changed very little with the years. The front of the house cannot be very old, probably about the time of the Civil War, but it was rebuilt from an older structure as its sills and floor beams clearly show from the cellar, and the present kitchen was part of the original structure.
I suppose the tiny eaves window close to the floor of the upper story of the kitchen if still there gives a hint of great age. I was told by a member of the Crafts family Newton Highlands that this farm was the original grant of land to John Staples, first schoolmaster of Newton, for a lot from which to cut wood, and that John Eliot, the Indian's Apostle, married Staples to his wife, Mary Crafts, from this very house.
I was also told by George Collins, Mrs. Gould's brother, that he remembered when cord wood, in its full four foot lengths, was carried into that kitchen for the winter fires. The team was backed up to the door, and a load carried in at one time. The little windows under the eaves were only a foot high and were close to the floor.
The sloping roof over the kitchen left room for a tiny chamber where I used to sleep. It was out of such windows that the early settlers, lying prone on the floor, defended their homes against Indian attacks.
For the eighteen seventies and for that remote situation, the house made some pretentions of elegance, with its French doors, its Italian marble mantelpieces, and particularly for its large oval dining room, paneled in oak. The ceiling of that room was higher than that of the rest of the house, and projected into the second story, so that the "best room" over it was also somewhat grander than the rest of the house with a higher ceiling and arches at the sides.
All this new splendor was quite evidently grafted onto an originally simple farmhouse. The stairs in my time were in the front hall, running up from the back of the hall so that the landing was over the front door.
This made a sloping niche facing the front door, and here was located the "register," blessed isle of refuge from the nipping cold. In the winter time the large oak dining room was abandoned, and the cozy sitting room at the left of the front door was used instead. In the kitchen cellar was originally a large brick cistern into which water was pumped by hand from a well located at the left of the drive in front of the house.
The big, brass-bound force pump over the kitchen sink required the exertions of a sturdy man to fill the tank in the "best room" attic. Back of the kitchen extended a series of wash rooms, preserve room, and woodshed, making a very complete "plant," as we would say today, for household economics.
The story of our farm before we came is very vague to me. I only know that it was the country estate of some gentleman who evidently had expended a considerable amount on it, and then abandoned it, traditionally on account of ill health. At the entrance were two large wooden gates flanked, I remember, by large smoke trees.
In the dooryard stood, as it stands today, a beautiful elm, and I was told by Robert Turner, my father's foreman then, that he dug that tree from "the lower part of the farm" the present market garden and himself planted it there, where it spreads its graceful branches wide over the house and yard.
Behind the elm was a large graveled yard in front of the big barn, brooding over the site of the present Windsor Road. The building originally had a cupola, itself no mean structure, in which the wheeling pigeons reared their young.
Sordid fact must admit their end in sundry pies undeniably delicious. This three-storied barn was to our childish eyes enormous, and the jump from the upper beams into the haymow brought one's stomach into one's mouth in a most satisfying way. Likewise the swing, hung midway in the long aisle, was a sure fire nauseant. A big door on a track closed either end of the barn, and an earthen ramp at the back door permitted two-horse teams of hay to enter, unload, and leave.
To the left of the barn door was a tool house, next a workman's cottage, while at right angles on the right was a large, fine carriage house with a hard pine floor and slate roof.
This carriage house was the "barn" of Windsor Hall, demolished some years ago. The farm road ran from the graveled yard in front of the barn around the carriage house, and on the opposite side of this road was the kitchen yard with several large black heart cherry trees, and just at the kitchen door a nice red cherry tree in which we children largely lived at the proper season.
On the eastern side of our house was quite an elaborate formal garden with paths and a well. I remember syringa bushes and lilies of the valley. It was here that my sister planted the beans she had rubbed on my warty hands.
Miraculously one morning my warts were gone, and "Margie," tiptoeing across the dewy garden, found that the beans were sprouted! We had an Irish nurse! My middle name is Watson and I always supposed it was because I had "warts on" my hands.
A minor structure around the barn was a cook house for the pigs, where a massive cauldron boiled all the small potatoes,and it must be admitted, scalded the pigs themselves come November and killing time. That horrid festival forms a vivid memory for me to this day, nor did the pig's bladder football, cunningly inflated with a straw by Peter, the hired man, make me forgetful of the gory murder. A sheep shed in the rear of the barn, a cow shed next to the cow yard, and a long hen house stretching away to the west, complete the catalog of what the well appointed farm should have.
The farm road, a mere cart track, but the forerunner of Windsor Road, ran along the top of a gravelly ridge, with swamp on either side, and reaching the base of the hill it bore to the right, roughly following the present Moffatt Road.
The whole southern slope of the hill was covered by an apple orchard, with a fringe of peach and pear trees along the eastern side of the present Windsor Road. The crest of the hill, shaggy with boulders, a typical drumlin, was the cow pasture, for our farm was planned primarily as a dairy farm.
Flagstaff Hill was encircled by the two arms of Cheesecake Brook, which had its headwaters in the swamps lying on both sides of the present Windsor Road. To show how much the land has dried up since then, there is the fact that a horse wandered from our barn one night and became bogged down and perished in the swamp directly behind Windsor Hall, the first house on Windsor Road.
Also, the eastern branch of Cheesecake Brook, coming up through the present market garden land to end behind the present Club House, had high banks and was a good trout stream. I have known a horse to bog down in this stream also. Where the Waban Club now stands, the land rose in a gravelly hill on which the farm boys used to cut faggots for the kitchen fire.
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