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Real Estate Prices & Overview

Baird / Eighth Street West median real estate price is $146,479, which is less expensive than 89.9% of Arizona neighborhoods and 85.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

The average rental price in Baird / Eighth Street West is currently $1,428, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 89.0% of Arizona neighborhoods.

Baird / Eighth Street West is an urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Yuma, Arizona.

Baird / Eighth Street West real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) mobile homes and single-family homes. Most of the residential real estate is occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Many of the residences in the Baird / Eighth Street West neighborhood are established but not old, having been built between 1970 and 1999. A number of residences were also built between 1940 and 1969.

Vacant apartments or homes are a major fact of life in Baird / Eighth Street West. The current real estate vacancy rate here is 24.4%. This is higher than the rate of vacancies in 91.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, most vacant housing here is vacant year round. This can sometimes be the case in neighborhoods dominated by new construction that is not yet occupied. But often neighborhoods with vacancy rates this high are places that can be plagued by a protracted vacancy problem. If you live here, you may find that a number of buildings in your neighborhood are actually 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 Yuma, the Baird / Eighth Street West neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Real Estate

The Baird / Eighth Street West neighborhood stands out for having the majority of its residential real estate made up of mobile homes. In fact, 66.9% 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.

Occupations

It used to be that most Americans lived on the farm, or otherwise made their living from the land, the forests, or the sea. With global trade and an economy increasingly based on providing services to one another, fewer people farm, fish or harvest timber now than at any time in American history. But according to NeighborhoodScout's leading analysis, the Baird / Eighth Street West neighborhood stands apart from most American neighborhood due to the proportion of its residents still working in these fields. With 18.7% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 99.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.

People

NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research revealed that 93.2% of the adult residents in the Baird / Eighth Street West neighborhood do not have a 4-year college degree, which is a lower rate of college graduated adults than found in 95.4% of the neighborhoods in America.

Diversity

Did you know that the Baird / Eighth Street West neighborhood has more Canadian and Mexican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Canadian ancestry and 79.4% have Mexican ancestry.

Baird / Eighth Street West is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 61.6% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 96.0% 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 Baird / Eighth Street West neighborhood in Yuma are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 94.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 24.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 75.2% 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 Baird / Eighth Street West neighborhood, 34.3% 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 clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 21.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in farming, forestry, or commercial fishing (18.7%), and 17.7% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the Baird / Eighth Street West neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 61.6% of households. Some people also speak English (37.3%).

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 Baird / Eighth Street West neighborhood in Yuma, AZ, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (79.4%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (7.5%), and residents who report English roots (4.0%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (2.9%), along with some Canadian ancestry residents (2.0%), among others. In addition, 31.4% 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 Baird / Eighth Street West neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (42.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (76.9%) 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 (15.6%) . 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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