W 78th St / S Vermont Ave median real estate price is $589,068, which is less expensive than 74.8% of California neighborhoods and 26.2% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
The average rental price in W 78th St / S Vermont Ave is currently $2,357, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 78.7% of California neighborhoods.
W 78th St / S Vermont Ave is a densely urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Los Angeles, California.
W 78th St / S Vermont Ave 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 W 78th St / S Vermont Ave neighborhood are relatively historic, built no later than 1939, and in some cases, quite a bit earlier. A number of residences were also built between 1940 and 1969.
In W 78th St / S Vermont Ave, the current vacancy rate is 2.2%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 85.1% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in W 78th St / S Vermont Ave is very tight compared to the demand for property here.
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.
If you like crowded places, then you will probably enjoy the the W 78th St / S Vermont Ave neighborhood. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive data analysis, this neighborhood is more densely populated than 96.5% of neighborhoods in the U.S., with 27,634 people per square mile living here. Even if you drive or take transit to your place of employment, many people enjoy being able to walk in their neighborhood. What many people don't realize is that most of America's premier vacation locations are also very walkable. The W 78th St / S Vermont Ave neighborhood is among the top 5% of American neighborhoods in terms of walkability.
Whether by choice, divorce, or unplanned pregnancy, single moms may have the toughest job in the book. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that the W 78th St / S Vermont Ave neighborhood has more single mother households than 96.6% of the neighborhoods in the U.S. Often high concentrations of single mother homes can be a strong indicator of family and social issues such as poverty, high rates of school dropouts, crime, and other societal problems.
Did you know that the W 78th St / S Vermont Ave neighborhood has more Mexican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 54.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry.
W 78th St / S Vermont Ave is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 71.9% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 97.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
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 W 78th St / S Vermont Ave neighborhood in Los Angeles are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 89.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 37.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 87.3% 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 W 78th St / S Vermont Ave neighborhood, 38.4% 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 28.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (18.4%), and 14.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the W 78th St / S Vermont Ave neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 71.9% of households. Some people also speak English (27.4%).
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 W 78th St / S Vermont Ave neighborhood in Los Angeles, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (54.0%). There are also a number of people of Dominican ancestry (1.1%). In addition, 37.8% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
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 W 78th St / S Vermont Ave neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (36.5% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (70.4%) 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 (17.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.