Poplar Cotton Center / Jones Corner median real estate price is $297,990, which is less expensive than 95.8% of California neighborhoods and 62.6% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
The average rental price in Poplar Cotton Center / Jones Corner is currently $1,675, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 95.4% of California neighborhoods.
Poplar Cotton Center / Jones Corner is a rural neighborhood (based on population density) located in Porterville, California.
Poplar Cotton Center / Jones Corner real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to small (studio to two bedroom) single-family homes and mobile homes. Most of the residential real estate is occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Many of the residences in the Poplar Cotton Center / Jones Corner neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.
Home and apartment vacancy rates are 6.2% in Poplar Cotton Center / Jones Corner. NeighborhoodScout analysis shows that this rate is lower than 57.3% of the neighborhoods in the nation, approximately near the middle range for vacancies.
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 Porterville, the Poplar Cotton Center / Jones Corner neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the Poplar Cotton Center / Jones Corner neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 99.9% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
In the Poplar Cotton Center / Jones Corner neighborhood, carpooling is still a popular way to get to and from work. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that 26.6% of commuters carpool here, which is more than in 97.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Of particular note, 3.7% of the people in the Poplar Cotton Center / Jones Corner neighborhood currently reside in a correction facility, held due to punishment for a crime.
In addition, the Poplar Cotton Center / Jones Corner neighborhood is unique for having just 6.9% of adults here having earned a bachelor's degree. This is a lower rate of college graduates than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.7% of America's neighborhoods.
Did you know that the Poplar Cotton Center / Jones Corner neighborhood has more Mexican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 62.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry.
Poplar Cotton Center / Jones Corner is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 4.8% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Tagalog, which is the first language of the Philippine region, at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.8% 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 Poplar Cotton Center / Jones Corner neighborhood in Porterville are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 78.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 27.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 79.3% 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 Poplar Cotton Center / Jones Corner neighborhood, 36.6% of the working population is employed in farming, forestry, or commercial fishing. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 22.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.5%), and 9.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the Poplar Cotton Center / Jones Corner neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 50.6% of households. Other important languages spoken here include English and Tagalog (the first language of the Philippine region).
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 Poplar Cotton Center / Jones Corner neighborhood in Porterville, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (62.8%). There are also a number of people of Asian ancestry (7.8%), and residents who report Irish roots (6.2%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (6.2%), along with some English ancestry residents (1.5%), among others. In addition, 30.4% 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 Poplar Cotton Center / Jones Corner neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (40.7% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (70.5%) 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 (26.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.