Tierra Del Sol / Los Banderas median real estate price is $203,476, which is less expensive than 69.5% of Texas neighborhoods and 78.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
The average rental price in Tierra Del Sol / Los Banderas is currently $2,597, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. The average rental cost in this neighborhood is higher than 85.8% of the neighborhoods in Texas.
Tierra Del Sol / Los Banderas is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in McAllen, Texas.
Tierra Del Sol / Los Banderas 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 Tierra Del Sol / Los Banderas 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.
Real estate vacancies in Tierra Del Sol / Los Banderas are 6.0%, which is lower than one will find in 60.1% of American neighborhoods. Demand for real estate in Tierra Del Sol / Los Banderas is above average for the U.S., and may signal some demand for either price increases or new construction of residential product for this neighborhood.
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 McAllen, the Tierra Del Sol / Los Banderas neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Did you know that the Tierra Del Sol / Los Banderas neighborhood has more Mexican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 84.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry.
Tierra Del Sol / Los Banderas is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 77.8% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 98.4% 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 Tierra Del Sol / Los Banderas 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 72.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 17.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 65.1% 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 Tierra Del Sol / Los Banderas neighborhood, 51.1% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 27.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (12.7%), and 9.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the Tierra Del Sol / Los Banderas neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 77.8% of households. Some people also speak English (21.2%).
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 Tierra Del Sol / Los Banderas neighborhood in McAllen, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (84.5%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (7.5%), and residents who report Spanish roots (3.5%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (3.4%). In addition, 19.1% 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 Tierra Del Sol / Los Banderas neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (44.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (74.2%) 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 (11.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.