Francis Addition Colonia / Whalen Acres Colonia median real estate price is $386,257, which is more expensive than 64.3% of the neighborhoods in Texas and 50.3% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Francis Addition Colonia / Whalen Acres Colonia is currently $1,533, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 69.5% of Texas neighborhoods.
Francis Addition Colonia / Whalen Acres Colonia is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in McAllen, Texas.
Francis Addition Colonia / Whalen Acres Colonia real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to small (studio to two 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 Francis Addition Colonia / Whalen Acres Colonia neighborhood are established but not old, having been built between 1970 and 1999. A number of residences were also built between 2000 and the present.
Home and apartment vacancy rates are 7.7% in Francis Addition Colonia / Whalen Acres Colonia. NeighborhoodScout analysis shows that this rate is lower than 50.0% of the neighborhoods in the nation, approximately near the middle range for vacancies.
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.
There are more people living in the Francis Addition Colonia / Whalen Acres Colonia neighborhood employed as sales and service workers (60.8%) than almost any neighborhood in the country. From fast-food service workers to major sales accounts, sales and service workers make up the largest proportion of our national employment picture. But despite that size and importance nationally, this neighborhood still stands out as unique due to the dominance of people living here who work in such occupations.
Did you know that the Francis Addition Colonia / Whalen Acres Colonia neighborhood has more Mexican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 83.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry.
Francis Addition Colonia / Whalen Acres Colonia is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 83.0% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 98.9% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
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 Francis Addition Colonia / Whalen Acres Colonia neighborhood in McAllen are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 69.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 39.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 88.7% 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 Francis Addition Colonia / Whalen Acres Colonia neighborhood, 39.2% 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 executive, management, and professional occupations, with 38.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (14.5%), and 7.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the Francis Addition Colonia / Whalen Acres Colonia neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 83.0% of households. Some people also speak English (16.8%).
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 Francis Addition Colonia / Whalen Acres Colonia neighborhood in McAllen, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (83.1%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (6.0%), and residents who report German roots (2.0%), and some of the residents are also of Dutch ancestry (1.6%). In addition, 24.4% 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 Francis Addition Colonia / Whalen Acres Colonia neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (45.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (77.3%) 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 (6.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.