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Real Estate Prices & Overview

Desert Retreat Estates / Rancho Vista Estates median real estate price is $538,154, which is less expensive than 79.7% of California neighborhoods and 29.5% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

The average rental price in Desert Retreat Estates / Rancho Vista Estates is currently $2,086, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 85.0% of California neighborhoods.

Desert Retreat Estates / Rancho Vista Estates is a densely urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Cathedral City, California.

Desert Retreat Estates / Rancho Vista Estates real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) small apartment buildings and single-family homes. Most of the residential real estate is renter occupied. Many of the residences in the Desert Retreat Estates / Rancho Vista Estates 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.

Desert Retreat Estates / Rancho Vista Estates has a 10.7% vacancy rate, which is well above average compared to other U.S. neighborhoods (higher than 64.7% 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 Cathedral City, the Desert Retreat Estates / Rancho Vista Estates neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

People

Desert Retreat Estates / Rancho Vista Estates has the amazing distinction of housing more same sex couples living together than 97.4% of neighborhoods in the U.S. If you are seeking such a neighborhood, NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that this is one place that you should consider.

In addition, one of the unique characteristics of the Desert Retreat Estates / Rancho Vista Estates neighborhood revealed by analysis is that the per capita income of residents here is lower than that found in 96.5% of the neighborhoods in America.

Real Estate

Three-deckers, duplexes, old Victorian homes cut up into apartments. Independent stores on the corner selling pizza. These are some of the hallmarks of neighborhoods with lots of small 2, 3, and 4 unit apartment buildings. The Desert Retreat Estates / Rancho Vista Estates neighborhood really stands out in this regard, however, as it is dominated by such small apartment buildings more than nearly any other neighborhood in America. This is a stunning visual and lifestyle example of this type of neighborhood. In fact, 39.9% of the real estate here are small 2, 3, or 4 unit apartment buildings, which is a higher proportion than found in 97.0% of America's neighborhoods.

In addition, renter-occupied real estate is dominant in the Desert Retreat Estates / Rancho Vista Estates neighborhood. The percentage of rental real estate here, according to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, is 85.6%, which is higher than 95.5% of the neighborhoods in America. If you were to buy and live in the property you bought here, you would be almost alone in doing so.

Diversity

Did you know that the Desert Retreat Estates / Rancho Vista Estates neighborhood has more Mexican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 66.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry.

Desert Retreat Estates / Rancho Vista Estates is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 71.9% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 97.7% 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 Desert Retreat Estates / Rancho Vista Estates neighborhood in Cathedral City are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 96.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 29.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 80.1% 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 Desert Retreat Estates / Rancho Vista Estates neighborhood, 36.3% 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 manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 32.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (17.3%), and 11.5% in executive, management, and professional occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the Desert Retreat Estates / Rancho Vista Estates neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 71.9% of households. Some people also speak English (23.4%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Desert Retreat Estates / Rancho Vista Estates neighborhood in Cathedral City, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (66.6%). There are also a number of people of Asian ancestry (3.4%), and residents who report Irish roots (1.8%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (1.5%), along with some English ancestry residents (1.3%), among others. In addition, 40.8% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in Desert Retreat Estates / Rancho Vista Estates neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (53.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (86.2%) 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 (11.8%) . 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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