Little Saigon median real estate price is $966,074, which is more expensive than 55.8% of the neighborhoods in California and 85.6% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Little Saigon is currently $2,858, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 62.6% of California neighborhoods.
Little Saigon is an urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Westminster, California.
Little Saigon real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to large (four, five or more bedroom) single-family homes and townhomes. Most of the residential real estate is owner occupied. Many of the residences in the Little Saigon neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.
In Little Saigon, the current vacancy rate is 1.4%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 89.9% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in Little Saigon is very tight compared to the demand for property here.
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 Westminster, the Little Saigon neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
In the Little Saigon neighborhood, carpooling is still a popular way to get to and from work. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that 26.9% of commuters carpool here, which is more than in 97.9% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the Little Saigon neighborhood has more Asian and Yugoslav ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 67.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Asian ancestry and 0.7% have Yugoslav ancestry.
Little Saigon is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 61.5% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Vietnamese at home. This is a higher percentage than 100.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Some neighborhoods have more internal cohesiveness than others. While other neighborhoods feel like a collection of strangers who just happen to live near each other. Sometimes this comes down to not only the personalities of the people in a place, but how long people have been together in that neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research has revealed some interesting things about the rootedness of people in the Little Saigon neighborhood. What is interesting to note, is that the Little Saigon neighborhood has a greater percentage of residents born in another country (53.1%) than are found in 98.3% 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 Little Saigon neighborhood in Westminster are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 46.5% of the neighborhoods in America. With 11.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 52.0% 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 Little Saigon neighborhood, 28.5% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 25.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (23.9%), and 21.7% in executive, management, and professional 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 Little Saigon neighborhood is Vietnamese, spoken by 61.5% of households. Other important languages spoken here include English and Spanish.
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 Little Saigon neighborhood in Westminster, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Asian (67.3%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (15.7%), and residents who report English roots (1.5%). In addition, 53.1% 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 Little Saigon neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (42.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (64.6%) 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 (26.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.