Venice Blvd / S Curson Ave median real estate price is $1,800,142, which is more expensive than 86.0% of the neighborhoods in California and 97.1% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Venice Blvd / S Curson Ave is currently $2,963, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 61.2% of California neighborhoods.
Venice Blvd / S Curson Ave is a densely urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Los Angeles, California.
Venice Blvd / S Curson Ave 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 renter occupied. Many of the residences in the Venice Blvd / S Curson Ave neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built before 1940.
Home and apartment vacancy rates are 7.4% in Venice Blvd / S Curson Ave. NeighborhoodScout analysis shows that this rate is lower than 50.3% 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 is an especially high percentage of incarcerated people (1.0%) living in the Venice Blvd / S Curson Ave neighborhood.
Did you know that the Venice Blvd / S Curson Ave neighborhood has more Armenian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 0.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Armenian 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 Venice Blvd / S Curson Ave neighborhood in Los Angeles are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 64.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 36.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 87.3% 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 Venice Blvd / S Curson Ave neighborhood, 43.6% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 25.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.8%), and 9.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the Venice Blvd / S Curson Ave neighborhood is English, spoken by 55.3% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (38.2%).
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 Venice Blvd / S Curson Ave neighborhood in Los Angeles, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (26.1%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (9.5%), and residents who report Asian roots (4.4%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (3.8%), along with some English ancestry residents (3.3%), among others. In addition, 24.3% 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 Venice Blvd / S Curson Ave neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (48.8% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (59.4%) 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 (12.8%) and 7.2% of residents also ride the bus for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.