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Real Estate Prices & Overview

West Virginia Ave / N 55th Ave median real estate price is $293,984, which is less expensive than 75.2% of Arizona neighborhoods and 61.9% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

The average rental price in West Virginia Ave / N 55th Ave is currently $1,934, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 69.5% of Arizona neighborhoods.

West Virginia Ave / N 55th Ave is a densely urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Phoenix, Arizona.

West Virginia Ave / N 55th Ave real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to large (four, five or more bedroom) single-family homes and apartment complexes/high-rise apartments. Most of the residential real estate is occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Many of the residences in the West Virginia Ave / N 55th Ave neighborhood are established but not old, having been built between 1970 and 1999. A number of residences were also built between 1940 and 1969.

In West Virginia Ave / N 55th Ave, the current vacancy rate is 1.8%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 88.0% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in West Virginia Ave / N 55th Ave is very tight compared to the demand for property here.

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.

Modes of Transportation

Our research shows that more people carpool to work here in the West Virginia Ave / N 55th Ave (30.6%) than in 98.9% of the neighborhoods in America.

People

Single parenting is hard. But you don't have to tell the West Virginia Ave / N 55th Ave neighborhood about it; they already know. 23.9% of this neighborhood's households are run by single mothers, which is a higher concentration than NeighborhoodScout found in 98.6% of American neighborhoods. Further NeighborhoodScout research showed strong statistical correlations among high rates of children living in single parent households, and neighborhood crime, particularly violent crime, neighborhood poverty, and, importantly, the percentage of low weight births and rates of infant mortality.

In addition, the West Virginia Ave / N 55th Ave neighborhood is unique for having just 5.2% of adults here having earned a bachelor's degree. This is a lower rate of college graduates than NeighborhoodScout found in 97.0% of America's neighborhoods.

Occupations

NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research identifies the West Virginia Ave / N 55th Ave neighborhood as having one of the highest concentrations of people employed in manufacturing or as laborers of any neighborhood in America. In fact, despite the loss of manufacturing jobs nationally, this neighborhood has 43.9% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 96.5% of American neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the West Virginia Ave / N 55th Ave neighborhood has more Mexican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 84.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry.

West Virginia Ave / N 55th Ave is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 81.2% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 98.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Migration / Stability

Some neighborhoods have more internal cohesiveness than others. While other neighborhoods feel like a collection of strangers who just happen to live near each other. Sometimes this comes down to not only the personalities of the people in a place, but how long people have been together in that neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research has revealed some interesting things about the rootedness of people in the West Virginia Ave / N 55th Ave neighborhood. What is interesting to note, is that the West Virginia Ave / N 55th Ave neighborhood has a greater percentage of residents born in another country (43.5%) than are found in 95.6% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

The Neighbors

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 West Virginia Ave / N 55th Ave neighborhood in Phoenix are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 75.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 17.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 64.3% of U.S. neighborhoods.

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.

In the West Virginia Ave / N 55th Ave neighborhood, 43.9% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 24.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.3%), and 12.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the West Virginia Ave / N 55th Ave neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 81.2% of households. Some people also speak English (17.3%).

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 West Virginia Ave / N 55th Ave neighborhood in Phoenix, AZ, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (84.6%). There are also a number of people of Italian ancestry (2.6%), and residents who report Irish roots (1.5%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (1.5%). In addition, 43.5% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in West Virginia Ave / N 55th Ave neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (41.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (66.2%) 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%) . 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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