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Real Estate Prices & Overview

S Gibson Ave / E San Vincente St median real estate price is $613,668, which is less expensive than 73.2% of California neighborhoods and 23.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

The average rental price in S Gibson Ave / E San Vincente St is currently $2,605, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 69.5% of California neighborhoods.

S Gibson Ave / E San Vincente St is a densely urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Compton, California.

S Gibson Ave / E San Vincente St real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) single-family homes and small apartment buildings. Most of the residential real estate is occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Many of the residences in the S Gibson Ave / E San Vincente St neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built before 1940.

In S Gibson Ave / E San Vincente St, the current vacancy rate is 2.9%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 81.1% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in S Gibson Ave / E San Vincente St is very tight compared to the demand for property here.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

Car Ownership

Most American households own a car or other vehicle. Many own two cars or perhaps three. In the United States, it is useful to have an automobile not only for commuting, but also for shopping and getting to other services one needs. But NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed that households in the S Gibson Ave / E San Vincente St neighborhood have a highly unusual car ownership. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 52.8% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 99.8% of the neighborhoods in the nation.

Occupations

More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the S Gibson Ave / E San Vincente St neighborhood than in 99.4% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.

People

NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research revealed that 93.5% of the adult residents in the S Gibson Ave / E San Vincente St neighborhood do not have a 4-year college degree, which is a lower rate of college graduated adults than found in 95.8% of the neighborhoods in America.

In addition, with a nice mix of college students, safety from crime, and decent walkability, the S Gibson Ave / E San Vincente St neighborhood rates highly as a college student friendly place to live, and one that college students and their parents may want to consider. NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that it rates more highly for a good place for college students to live than 89.8% of the neighborhoods in CA. This often also means that the area has certain amenities and services geared towards college students, from undergraduates to graduate students.

Migration / Stability

The freedom of moving to new places versus the comfort of home. How much and how often people move not only can create diverse and worldly neighborhoods, but simultaneously it can produce a loss of intimacy with one's surroundings and a lack of connectedness to one's neighbors. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research has identified this neighborhood as unique with regard to the transience of its populace. More residents of the S Gibson Ave / E San Vincente St neighborhood live here today that also were living in this same neighborhood five years ago than is found in 98.8% 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 S Gibson Ave / E San Vincente St neighborhood has a greater percentage of residents born in another country (44.4%) than are found in 95.9% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the S Gibson Ave / E San Vincente St neighborhood has more Mexican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 79.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry.

S Gibson Ave / E San Vincente St is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 86.2% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 99.2% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

The Neighbors

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 S Gibson Ave / E San Vincente St neighborhood in Compton are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 46.5% of the neighborhoods in America. With 13.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 56.0% 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 S Gibson Ave / E San Vincente St neighborhood, 53.5% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 24.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (12.7%), and 8.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the S Gibson Ave / E San Vincente St neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 86.2% of households. Some people also speak English (13.4%).

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 S Gibson Ave / E San Vincente St neighborhood in Compton, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (79.6%). There are also a number of people of South American ancestry (1.8%), and residents who report Sub-Saharan African roots (1.1%), and some of the residents are also of African ancestry (1.1%). In addition, 44.4% 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 S Gibson Ave / E San Vincente St neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (41.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (80.6%) 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 (14.1%) . 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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