Rexmere Heights / Park Southern median real estate price is $447,215, which is more expensive than 51.9% of the neighborhoods in Arizona and 59.0% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Rexmere Heights / Park Southern is currently $1,972, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 67.6% of Arizona neighborhoods.
Rexmere Heights / Park Southern is an urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Phoenix, Arizona.
Rexmere Heights / Park Southern real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) apartment complexes/high-rise apartments and single-family homes. Most of the residential real estate is renter occupied. Many of the residences in the Rexmere Heights / Park Southern neighborhood are established but not old, having been built between 1970 and 1999. A number of residences were also built between 1940 and 1969.
Real estate vacancies in Rexmere Heights / Park Southern are 3.3%, which is lower than one will find in 77.9% of American neighborhoods. Demand for real estate in Rexmere Heights / Park Southern is above average for the U.S., and may signal some demand for either price increases or new construction of residential product for this neighborhood.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
In the Rexmere Heights / Park Southern neighborhood, carpooling is still a popular way to get to and from work. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that 30.6% of commuters carpool here, which is more than in 99.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Most American households own a car or other vehicle. Many own two cars or perhaps three. In the United States, it is useful to have an automobile not only for commuting, but also for shopping and getting to other services one needs. But NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed that households in the Rexmere Heights / Park Southern neighborhood have a highly unusual car ownership. 19.6% of the households in this neighborhood don't own a car at all. This is more carless households than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the Rexmere Heights / Park Southern neighborhood has more Mexican and Native American ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 68.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry and 2.5% have Native American ancestry.
Rexmere Heights / Park Southern is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 1.0% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Native American languages at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.4% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Rexmere Heights / Park Southern neighborhood in Phoenix are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 90.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 29.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 80.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.
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 Rexmere Heights / Park Southern neighborhood, 37.5% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer 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 31.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (18.1%), and 13.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the Rexmere Heights / Park Southern neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 49.8% of households. Some people also speak English (49.0%).
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the Rexmere Heights / Park Southern neighborhood in Phoenix, AZ, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (68.4%). There are also a number of people of Sub-Saharan African ancestry (2.8%), and residents who report African roots (2.8%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (2.5%), along with some Native American ancestry residents (2.5%), among others. In addition, 21.0% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
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 Rexmere Heights / Park Southern neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (43.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (42.0%) 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 (30.6%) and 5.8% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.