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.
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.
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.
Whether by choice, divorce, or unplanned pregnancy, single moms may have the toughest job in the book. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that the West Virginia Ave / N 55th Ave neighborhood has more single mother households than 98.6% 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.
In addition, neighborhoodScout's exclusive research revealed that 94.8% of the adult residents in the West Virginia Ave / N 55th Ave neighborhood do not have a 4-year college degree, which is a lower rate of college graduated adults than found in 97.0% of the neighborhoods in America.
More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the West Virginia Ave / N 55th Ave neighborhood than in 96.5% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.
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.
The freedom of moving to new places versus the comfort of home. How much and how often people move not only can create diverse and worldly neighborhoods, but simultaneously it can produce a loss of intimacy with one's surroundings and a lack of connectedness to one's neighbors. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research has identified this neighborhood as unique with regard to the transience of its populace. 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.
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 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.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
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.
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%).
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.
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 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.