Cole St / Patton Rd median real estate price is $817,784, which is more expensive than 45.3% of the neighborhoods in California and 85.4% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Cole St / Patton Rd is currently $2,763, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 66.2% of California neighborhoods.
Cole St / Patton Rd is a densely urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Downey, California.
Cole St / Patton Rd real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four 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 Cole St / Patton Rd neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.
In Cole St / Patton Rd, the current vacancy rate is 0.0%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 100.0% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in Cole St / Patton Rd 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 Downey, the Cole St / Patton Rd neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
With a real estate vacancy rate of only 0.0%, the Cole St / Patton Rd neighborhood has a lower vacancy rate than 100.0% of U.S. neighborhoods, a very elite group. Such a low vacancy rate may indicate very strong real estate demand in the neighborhood combined with some impediments to increasing supply, such as zoning or existing density of development, among other potential reasons.
Did you know that the Cole St / Patton Rd neighborhood has more Mexican and Romanian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 66.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry and 0.8% have Romanian ancestry.
Cole St / Patton Rd is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 59.8% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 95.7% 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 Cole St / Patton Rd neighborhood in Downey are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 45.7% of the neighborhoods in America. With 21.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 70.9% 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 Cole St / Patton Rd neighborhood, 31.7% 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 28.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (26.1%), and 13.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the Cole St / Patton Rd neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 59.8% of households. Some people also speak English (38.4%).
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the Cole St / Patton Rd neighborhood in Downey, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (66.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (5.0%), and residents who report French roots (3.3%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (2.1%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (2.1%), among others. In addition, 23.0% 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 Cole St / Patton Rd neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (47.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (82.4%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.