Cottonwood median real estate price is $435,714, which is less expensive than 81.3% of California neighborhoods and 31.4% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
The average rental price in Cottonwood is currently $922, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 99.6% of California neighborhoods.
Cottonwood is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Bakersfield, California.
Cottonwood real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) apartment complexes/high-rise apartments 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 Cottonwood neighborhood are established but not old, having been built between 1970 and 1999. A number of residences were also built between 2000 and the present.
Vacant apartments or homes are a major fact of life in Cottonwood. The current real estate vacancy rate here is 18.6%. This is higher than the rate of vacancies in 83.4% 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.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
The Cottonwood neighborhood stands out for having an average per capita income lower than 97.9% of the neighborhoods in the United States. The Cottonwood neighborhood also has a greater percentage of children living in poverty (74.9%) than found in 99.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods. Children living in poverty is one of the challenges facing America, and the world, and in this neighborhood in particular, the problem can be considered acute.
In addition, the Cottonwood neighborhood is unique for having just 4.5% of adults here having earned a bachelor's degree. This is a lower rate of college graduates than NeighborhoodScout found in 97.2% of America's neighborhoods.
Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the Cottonwood 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 98.8% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
Did you know that the Cottonwood neighborhood has more Mexican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 75.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry.
Cottonwood is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 60.1% 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.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the Cottonwood neighborhood in Bakersfield are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 97.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 74.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 99.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the Cottonwood neighborhood, 32.1% 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 manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 28.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (17.1%), and 12.3% in executive, management, and professional occupations.
The most common language spoken in the Cottonwood neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 60.1% of households. Some people also speak English (39.9%).
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 Cottonwood neighborhood in Bakersfield, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (75.5%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (12.1%), and residents who report Irish roots (8.8%), and some of the residents are also of Puerto Rican ancestry (2.4%), along with some English ancestry residents (2.1%), among others. In addition, 18.4% 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 Cottonwood neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (46.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (81.1%) 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 (13.0%) . 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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Raw data sources: National Agriculture Statistics Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Federal Housing Finance Agency, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Bureau of the Census, U.S. Geological Service, American Community Survey.
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Analytics built by: Location, Inc.
Raw data sources: American Community Survey, U.S. Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Education, 50 state departments of education, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 18,000+ local law enforcement agencies, Federal Housing Finance Agency, U.S. Geological Service, National Agricultural Statistics Service.
Date(s) & Update Frequency: 2020 (latest available). Updated annually. Please note: Unemployment data updated February 2022.
Methodology: Unlike standardly available Census demographics, NeighborhoodScout uses dozens of custom models to transform 8.5 million raw demographic data elements from government sources into proprietary indices and insights…. Read more about Scout's Demographic Data
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Raw data sources: 18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.
Date(s) & Update Frequency: Reflects 2020 calendar year; released from FBI in Sept. 2021 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2021 data?
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School Details | Grades | Quality Rating Compared to CA* | Quality Rating Compared to Nation* |
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Kern High Roc School
501 S. Mt. Vernon Ave. Bakersfield, CA 93307 |
09-12 | ||
Casa Loma Elementary School
525 E. Casa Loma Dr. Bakersfield, CA 93307 |
KG-06 | ||
Mt. Vernon Elementary School
2161 Potomac Ave. Bakersfield, CA 93307 |
KG-06 | ||
Leo G. Pauly Elementary School
313 Planz Rd. Bakersfield, CA 93304 |
KG-06 | ||
Sierra Middle School
3017 Center St. Bakersfield, CA 93306 |
06-08 | ||
Sequoia Middle School
900 Belle Terr. Bakersfield, CA 93304 |
06-08 | ||
Fairfax Jr. High School
1500 S. Fairfax Rd. Bakersfield, CA 93307 |
05-08 | ||
Zephyr Lane Elementary School
6327 Zephyr Ln. Bakersfield, CA 93307 |
KG-06 | ||
Golden Valley High School
801 Hosking Ave. Bakersfield, CA 93307 |
09-12 | ||
Mira Monte High School
1800 S. Fairfax Rd. Bakersfield, CA 93307 |
09-12 | ||
Tierra Del Sol Continuation High School
3700 E. Belle Terrace Bakersfield, CA 93307 |
09-12 | ||
Lamont Elementary School
8201 Palm Ave. Lamont, CA 93241 |
KG-04 | ||
Myrtle Avenue Elementary School
10421 Myrtle Ave. Lamont, CA 93241 |
04-08 | ||
* 10 is highest |
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Raw data sources: U.S. Department of Education, 50 state departments of education, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Dow Jones S&P, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 18,000+ local law enforcement agencies, Federal Housing Finance Agency, U.S. Bureau of the Census, American Community Survey, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Geological Service, U.S. Department of Transportation, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics, Federal Highway Administration, National Agricultural Statistics.
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