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Unique homes with history and lower price tags
With a healthy mix of both renters and owners of midcentury bungalows and ranch-style homes, Harney Heights offers a house for a range of budgets and lifestyles. With an average home value about $200,000 less than that of the Portland metro area—and as the neighborhood with the second-lowest average home price in Vancouver—the prices in Harney Heights are a significant pull factor to the neighborhood. So are the home styles. “They have a lot of the cuter, older homes that are authentic,” says Nicki Kingston, a realtor with John L. Scott Real Estate. “It’s the old vintage styles that people love to grab hold of.” Besides charming houses, Harney Heights is home to a few neighborhood restaurants and bikeable streets that take residents into Downtown Vancouver.
One-level homes on Harney Heights' hilly streets
Harney Heights is mostly inhabited by renters—only 27% of the neighborhood’s residents own their homes. Still a largely residential neighborhood, 47.13% of the property in the area consists of apartment complexes. A significant portion of the rest contains ranch-style homes, bungalows and the occasional split-level home. Neighbors are never far from each other in Harney Heights, with homes that feature Craftsman detail work or midcentury modern finishings sitting close together on hilly streets. Most homes were built in the 1940s through the 1950s, and those with three bedrooms tend to cost between $400,000 and $500,000. Smaller bungalows with two bedrooms often sell between $250,000 and $380,000.
Updated Ranch style homes can be found in the Harney Heights neighborhood.
Adorable bungalows can be found throughout the Harney Heights neighborhood.
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Asian cuisine on East Fourth Plain Boulevard
East Fourth Plain Boulevard features most of the neighborhood restaurants, including local favorite Silver Dragon. Scarlett Chinese lanterns pop against the delicate pink interiors of the restaurant. Locals crunch into crispy egg rolls and enjoy the classics, from tender barbecue pork to savory pork fried rice and chop suey. A few blocks away, Thai Little Home has been serving a variety of different curries and favorites like pad Thai in town since 1992. Visitors treat themselves to Thai iced tea, coconut ice cream with sweet sticky rice or mango sticky rice for dessert, surrounded by blooming flowers and orchids. Across the parking lot, Becerras International Groceries carries specialty Hispanic foods as well as fresh pastries, while a Walmart Neighborhood Market sells other essentials.
Harney Heights neighborhood is home to Thai Little Home, a local hot spot.
Thai Little Home is a favorite for authentic Thai food in the Harney Heights neighborhood.
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Globally educated students at Fort Vancouver High
Children in Harney Heights can attend nearby Martin Luther King Elementary School, which earns a C-plus from Niche. The school offers a Spanish and English Dual Language Program for kindergarteners through fifth graders, which consists of half native English speakers and half native Spanish speakers. After King Elementary, children can move on to C-rated McLoughlin Middle School, where they can continue the dual language program. They can conclude the language program at Fort Vancouver High School, which earns a C-plus, or they can enroll in the school’s Center for International Studies. The Center for International Studies introduces its students to global issues and guides them to consider how they can positively impact the world, in part through leadership and service activities throughout the school year. The school partners with the International Studies Schools Network, an organization of 30 schools throughout the country committed to educating globally competent students.
Fort Vancouver High School on MacArthur Blvd serves the greater Vancouver area.
McLoughlin Middle School welcomes students from Vancouver, WA.
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Saint Helens Park and Southcliff Park
Green space is incorporated generously around the Harney Heights neighborhood. Saint Helens Park nudges against Mill Plain Boulevard in the southeast of the neighborhood, offering 3.2 acres of greenery and soft trails lined with colorful flowers in the spring. Residents can also visit Southcliff Park, just south of the neighborhood, for more prolific greenery and a playground. Thin walking paths cut through dense beds of fern and ivy and between towering trees with ivy that scales up their trunks. The Burnt Bridge Creek Trail—almost eight miles in total—runs alongside its namesake creek, snaking through part of Harney Heights.
St. Helens Park sits in the heart of Harney Heights Neighborhood.
Families enjoy the updated playground equipment at St. Helen's Park.
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Bikeable to Downtown Vancouver and Uptown Village
Harney Heights is bordered by two major thoroughfares in the area: East Fourth Plain Boulevard in the north and Mill Plain Boulevard in the south. On East Fourth Plain Boulevard, residents will find most of the neighborhood’s restaurants, as well as the Walmart Neighborhood Market. Mill Plain Boulevard runs west over the interstate and between historic Downtown Vancouver and the trendy Uptown Village area.
“[The neighborhood] is near Officer’s Row, and it’s close enough to downtown to even be bikeable,” Kingston says. “There aren’t walking trails, but it has a city-like vibe.” Harney Heights is also less than five minutes away from Interstate 5, which takes commuters across the Columbia River and into Downtown Portland—11 miles away—in around 25 minutes.
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Parks in this Area
Evergreen Park
Picnic Area
Playground
Multi-Purpose Field
Edgewood Park
Burnt Bridge Creek Greenway
Trails
Dubois Park
Basketball
Trails
Playground
Meadow Homes Park
Picnic Area
Playground
Parking Lot
South Cliff Park
Picnic Area
Playground
Multi-Purpose Field
Transit
Airport
Portland International
19 min drive
Bus
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Grand Blvd & Mill Plain Nb
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NE 18th St & Murton Wb
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E 18th St & Todd Wb
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Grand Blvd & 20th St Nb
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Grand Blvd & 16th St Nb
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Mill Plain & Devine Wb
Reviews
Niche Reviews
3.618 Reviews
5.0Niche User
6/12/2014Niche Review
We have awesome outside spaces
4.0Niche User
6/12/2014Niche Review
it rains 9 months of the year
5.0Current Resident
10/18/2018Niche Review
Harney Heights is a great neighborhood, with a combination of people who have lived there for decades and new families moving in. It's pretty laid back, everyone knows who everyone is and we look after each other. The houses aren't extravagant, many are being updated, but usually they are on larger lots, so you will actually find usable yards. It's close enough to downtown to get there fast, but far enough away to keep the noise to a minimum.
2.0Current Resident
7/29/2018Niche Review
While the area is an up and coming portion of town, it is still very rough around the edges and raises a sense of unease at night.
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Harney Heights Demographics and Home Trends
On average, homes in Harney Heights, Vancouver sell after 99 days on the market compared to the national average of 70 days. The median sale price for homes in Harney Heights, Vancouver over the last 12 months is $380,000, down 29% from the median home sale price over the previous 12 months.
1974 Singlewide for sale at Vancouver Mobile Terrace (All-Ages Community). 2 Bed / 1 Bath / 784 sq.ft. This home is in great shape and ready for new memories. Nice flooring inside, with large windows, and ceiling fans in both bedrooms. Plenty of storage in the kitchen and outside you will enjoy a large covered deck, and an exterior storage shed. Washer and dryer plus all other appliances
Exceptional condo, centrally located, with new carpets and paint! This 3 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath home is extremely spacious and features territorial views, gas fireplace in family room, office area, separate dining room w/slider to private back patio and extra storage incl. attic! One of a few units with a 2-car attached garage w/high ceiling and driveway for parking! Enjoy the views from the front
Beautiful two-bedroom units ranging from 700-986sf. Close to a plethora of shopping and I-5 access so you can zip over to Portland and hang out for the day! Cats and Dogs accepted! Don't waste time apply today! Units are going fast. W/S/G paid by tenant.
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Average Home Value
Source: Public Records
Property Mix - Square Feet
This Neighborhood Has More Renters
Demographics
Total Population
6,067
Median Age
38
Population Density
14 ppl/acre
Population under 18
23.8%
On par with the national average
23.8%
Population over 65
16.3%
On par with the national average
19.1%
Finances
Median Household Income
$50,872
Significantly below the national average
$71,702
Average Household Income
$63,548
Education and Workforce
High School Graduates
81.6%
Below the national average
89.1%
College Graduates
22.8%
Below the national average
34.1%
Advanced Degrees
8.1%
% Population in Labor Force
67%
Weather
Annual Precipitation
43''
Average Winter Low Temperature
31°F
Average Summer High Temperature
78°F
Annual Snowfall
3''
Area Factors
Somewhat Bikeable
Bike Score®
45/ 100
Somewhat Walkable
Walk Score®
50/ 100
Some Transit
Transit Score®
46/ 100
Source: Walk Score
Source: Walk Score
Sound Score® measures the noise level of any address. Transit Score® measures access to public transit. Bike Score® measures the bikeability of any address.
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