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Real Estate Prices & Overview

Martinez / One Hundred Palms median real estate price is $69,972, which is less expensive than 99.7% of California neighborhoods and 97.5% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

The average rental price in Martinez / One Hundred Palms is currently $1,393, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 98.5% of California neighborhoods.

Martinez / One Hundred Palms is a rural neighborhood (based on population density) located in Thermal, California.

Martinez / One Hundred Palms real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to small (studio to two bedroom) mobile homes and single-family homes. Most of the residential real estate is renter occupied. Many of the residences in the Martinez / One Hundred Palms neighborhood are newer, built in 2000 or more recently. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.

Martinez / One Hundred Palms has a 9.6% vacancy rate, which is well above average compared to other U.S. neighborhoods (higher than 61.3% 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.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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 Thermal, the Martinez / One Hundred Palms neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Occupations

Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the Martinez / One Hundred Palms neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 100.0% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.

Real Estate

The Martinez / One Hundred Palms neighborhood stands out for having the majority of its residential real estate made up of mobile homes. In fact, 69.5% of the occupied real estate here are mobile homes, which is a greater proportion than is found in 99.8% of the neighborhoods in the U.S. If you like mobile homes, this might be a great neighborhood in which to look for real estate.

Modes of Transportation

In the Martinez / One Hundred Palms neighborhood, carpooling is still a popular way to get to and from work. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that 37.6% of commuters carpool here, which is more than in 99.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

People

NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research revealed that 99.4% of the adult residents in the Martinez / One Hundred Palms neighborhood do not have a 4-year college degree, which is a lower rate of college graduated adults than found in 98.9% of the neighborhoods in America.

Diversity

Did you know that the Martinez / One Hundred Palms neighborhood has more Mexican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 96.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry.

Martinez / One Hundred Palms is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 87.4% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 99.4% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Migration / Stability

Do you like to be surrounded by people from all over the country or world, with different perspectives and life experiences? Or do you instead prefer to be in a neighborhood where most residents have lived there for a long time, creating a sense of cohesiveness? NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that this neighborhood stands out among American neighborhoods for the uniqueness of the mobility of its residents. More residents of the Martinez / One Hundred Palms neighborhood live here today that also were living in this same neighborhood five years ago than is found in 97.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. This neighborhood is really made up of people who know each other, don't move often, and have lived here in this very neighborhood for quite a while. What is interesting to note, is that the Martinez / One Hundred Palms neighborhood has a greater percentage of residents born in another country (52.9%) than are found in 98.2% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

The Neighbors

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 Martinez / One Hundred Palms neighborhood in Thermal are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 93.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 49.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 93.8% 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 Martinez / One Hundred Palms neighborhood, 41.8% of the working population is employed in farming, forestry, or commercial fishing. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 22.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.5%), and 7.4% in executive, management, and professional occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the Martinez / One Hundred Palms neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 87.4% of households. Some people also speak English (12.6%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Martinez / One Hundred Palms neighborhood in Thermal, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (96.7%). In addition, 52.9% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.

Getting to Work

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 Martinez / One Hundred Palms neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (40.8% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (57.3%) 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 (37.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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