E Benson Hwy / S Palo Verde Rd median real estate price is $195,912, which is less expensive than 86.8% of Arizona neighborhoods and 76.4% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
The average rental price in E Benson Hwy / S Palo Verde Rd is currently $1,442, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 89.7% of Arizona neighborhoods.
E Benson Hwy / S Palo Verde Rd is an urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Tucson, Arizona.
E Benson Hwy / S Palo Verde Rd real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) mobile homes and single-family homes. Most of the residential real estate is occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Many of the residences in the E Benson Hwy / S Palo Verde Rd neighborhood are established but not old, having been built between 1970 and 1999. A number of residences were also built between 2000 and the present.
E Benson Hwy / S Palo Verde Rd has a 10.5% vacancy rate, which is well above average compared to other U.S. neighborhoods (higher than 63.8% of American neighborhoods). Most vacant housing here is vacant year round. This could either signal that there is a 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.
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 Tucson, the E Benson Hwy / S Palo Verde Rd neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
The E Benson Hwy / S Palo Verde Rd neighborhood stands out for having the majority of its residential real estate made up of mobile homes. In fact, 64.0% of the occupied real estate here are mobile homes, which is a greater proportion than is found in 99.7% of the neighborhoods in the U.S. If you like mobile homes, this might be a great neighborhood in which to look for real estate.
NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research identifies the E Benson Hwy / S Palo Verde Rd 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 42.8% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 95.9% of American neighborhoods.
Did you know that the E Benson Hwy / S Palo Verde Rd neighborhood has more Mexican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 69.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry.
E Benson Hwy / S Palo Verde Rd is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 65.8% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 96.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
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.
The neighbors in the E Benson Hwy / S Palo Verde Rd neighborhood in Tucson are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 85.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 31.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 82.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.
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 E Benson Hwy / S Palo Verde Rd neighborhood, 42.8% 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 25.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (19.2%), and 12.1% in executive, management, and professional occupations.
The most common language spoken in the E Benson Hwy / S Palo Verde Rd neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 65.8% of households. Some people also speak English (29.6%).
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the E Benson Hwy / S Palo Verde Rd neighborhood in Tucson, AZ, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (69.4%). There are also a number of people of Sub-Saharan African ancestry (5.7%), and residents who report German roots (3.8%), and some of the residents are also of Spanish ancestry (2.5%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (2.4%), among others. In addition, 28.9% 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 E Benson Hwy / S Palo Verde Rd neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (33.8% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (76.3%) 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 (16.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.