Commerce Way / Axtell St median real estate price is $146,179, which is less expensive than 82.0% of New Mexico neighborhoods and 89.2% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
The average rental price in Commerce Way / Axtell St is currently $1,215, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 76.6% of New Mexico neighborhoods.
Commerce Way / Axtell St is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Clovis, New Mexico.
Commerce Way / Axtell St real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) single-family homes and small apartment buildings. Most of the residential real estate is occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Many of the residences in the Commerce Way / Axtell St neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.
Commerce Way / Axtell St has a 11.9% vacancy rate, which is well above average compared to other U.S. neighborhoods (higher than 70.3% of American neighborhoods). Most vacant housing here is vacant year round. This could either signal that there is a weak demand for real estate in the neighborhood or that large amount of new housing has been built and not yet occupied. Either way, if you live here, you may find many of the homes or apartments are empty.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
From major sales accounts to fast-food workers, sales and service employees are often the backbone of the local economy. In the Commerce Way / Axtell St neighborhood, they truly stand out. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis identifies this neighborhood as having a higher percentage of sales and service workers than 98.7% of all American neighborhoods.
Furthermore, the Commerce Way / Axtell St neighborhood stands out nationally for having a greater proportion of its residents active in the military than 98.6% of other U.S. neighborhoods. If you come here, you will notice military people active in their jobs, going to and from work, and in plain clothes out and about the neighborhood.
Regardless of the means by which residents commute, this neighborhood has a length of commute that is notable. Residents of the Commerce Way / Axtell St neighborhood have the pleasure of having one of the shortest commutes to work of any neighborhood in America. 62.8% of the residents have a commute time from home to work (one way) of less than fifteen minutes. This is a higher proportion of residents enjoying a short trip to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. Less time commuting means more time for other things in life.
Did you know that the Commerce Way / Axtell St neighborhood has more Greek and French ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 8.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Greek ancestry and 8.6% have French ancestry.
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 Commerce Way / Axtell St neighborhood in Clovis are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 86.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 33.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 85.1% 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 Commerce Way / Axtell St neighborhood, 44.9% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 20.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (20.1%), and 14.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the Commerce Way / Axtell St neighborhood is English, spoken by 86.1% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (13.9%).
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 Commerce Way / Axtell St neighborhood in Clovis, NM, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (30.9%). There are also a number of people of French ancestry (8.6%), and residents who report Greek roots (8.1%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (6.3%), along with some English ancestry residents (5.0%), among others.
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 Commerce Way / Axtell St neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (62.8% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (80.8%) 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 (13.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.