Mesa Ave / N Ave 61 median real estate price is $1,574,057, which is more expensive than 83.6% of the neighborhoods in California and 96.7% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Mesa Ave / N Ave 61 is currently $3,260, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 50.6% of California neighborhoods.
Mesa Ave / N Ave 61 is a densely urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Los Angeles, California.
Mesa Ave / N Ave 61 real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four 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 Mesa Ave / N Ave 61 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 1970 and 1999.
In Mesa Ave / N Ave 61, the current vacancy rate is 1.8%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 87.3% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in Mesa Ave / N Ave 61 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.
One of the really interesting characteristics about the Mesa Ave / N Ave 61 neighborhood is that, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research, it is an excellent choice in which to reside for college students. Due to its popularity among college students who already choose to live here, its walkability, and its above average safety from crime, the neighborhood is ideal for prospective or already-enrolled college students. Between semesters and during school breaks, you'll notice that the excitement here fluctuates with the college seasons. Despite the excitement however, parents of college-age children can rest easy knowing that this neighborhood has an above average safety rating. For each of these reasons, the neighborhood is rated among the top 3.2% of college-friendly places to live in the state of California.
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 Mesa Ave / N Ave 61 neighborhood is among the top 5% of American neighborhoods in terms of walkability.
Did you know that the Mesa Ave / N Ave 61 neighborhood has more Iranian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 0.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Iranian ancestry.
Mesa Ave / N Ave 61 is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 1.8% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Mon-Khmer, which is the dominant language of Cambodia, at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.4% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Mesa Ave / N Ave 61 neighborhood in Los Angeles are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 78.5% of the neighborhoods in America. With 23.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 74.6% 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 Mesa Ave / N Ave 61 neighborhood, 37.0% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional 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 30.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (21.6%), and 11.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the Mesa Ave / N Ave 61 neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 50.4% of households. Some people also speak English (41.2%).
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 Mesa Ave / N Ave 61 neighborhood in Los Angeles, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (50.2%). There are also a number of people of Asian ancestry (13.7%), and residents who report Irish roots (6.9%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (3.8%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (2.8%), among others. In addition, 39.1% 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 Mesa Ave / N Ave 61 neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (36.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (62.9%) 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 (13.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.