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Virginia Gardens, FL

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Overview


Virginia Gardens is a very small village located in the state of Florida. With a population of 2,260 people and just one neighborhood, Virginia Gardens is the 364th largest community in Florida.

Virginia Gardens home prices are not only among the most expensive in Florida, but Virginia Gardens real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some villages, Virginia Gardens isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Virginia Gardens are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Virginia Gardens is a village of sales and office workers, service providers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Virginia Gardens who work in sales jobs (18.66%), food service (9.95%), and office and administrative support (9.47%).

A relatively large number of people in Virginia Gardens telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.77% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Setting & Lifestyle

Demographics

The education level of Virginia Gardens citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 30.47% of adults in Virginia Gardens have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Virginia Gardens in 2022 was $31,942, which is lower middle income relative to Florida, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $127,768 for a family of four. However, Virginia Gardens contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Virginia Gardens is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Virginia Gardens home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Virginia Gardens, accounting for 81.61% of the village’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Virginia Gardens residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Virginia Gardens include German, African, English, Irish, and Italian.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Virginia Gardens's cultural character, accounting for 60.97% of the village’s population.

The most common language spoken in Virginia Gardens is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Polish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

Occupations

From major sales accounts to fast-food workers, sales and service employees are often the backbone of the local economy. In the neighborhood, they truly stand out. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis identifies this neighborhood as having a higher percentage of sales and service workers than 96.3% of all American neighborhoods.

Modes of Transportation

If your dream is to be able to ride your bike to work each day, look no further than this unique neighborhood. With 3.2% of residents in the neighborhood commuting on a bicycle to and from work daily, this neighborhood has more bicycle commuters than 96.2% of all neighborhoods in the U.S., according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis.

People

The neighborhood stands out within Florida for its college student friendly environment. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that this neighborhood is home to a number of college students, is relatively walkable, and above average in safety. In combination, this makes it stand out for a good place for college students to consider. Because a number of college students live here, this neighborhood may be close to a college campus and offer certain amenities nearby geared towards the student body. While it's not an environment for everyone, ambitious scholars can enjoy seasonal excitement between semesters and school breaks, and parents can rest easy knowing that the area has an above average safety rating. For each of these reasons, the neighborhood is rated among the top 5.4% of college-friendly places to live in FL.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more South American and Cuban ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 30.9% of this neighborhood's residents have South American ancestry and 36.9% have Cuban ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 73.7% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 97.9% 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. What is interesting to note, is that the neighborhood has a greater percentage of residents born in another country (61.0%) than are found in 99.2% 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 neighborhood in Virginia Gardens are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 46.7% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 3.3% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 70.0% of America's neighborhoods.

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.

In the neighborhood, 39.0% 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 31.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (19.6%), and 9.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 73.7% of households. Some people also speak English (26.3%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 neighborhood in Virginia Gardens, FL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Cuban (36.9%). There are also a number of people of South American ancestry (30.9%), and residents who report Dominican roots (3.0%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (2.5%), along with some Puerto Rican ancestry residents (2.1%), among others. In addition, 61.0% 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 neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (43.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (79.4%) 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.


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