Boyle Heights Southeast median real estate price is $765,193, which is less expensive than 60.7% of California neighborhoods and 17.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
The average rental price in Boyle Heights Southeast is currently $2,275, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 83.5% of California neighborhoods.
Boyle Heights Southeast is an urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Los Angeles, California.
Boyle Heights Southeast real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) single-family homes and townhomes. Most of the residential real estate is occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Many of the residences in the Boyle Heights Southeast neighborhood are relatively historic, built no later than 1939, and in some cases, quite a bit earlier. A number of residences were also built between 1940 and 1969.
Real estate vacancies in Boyle Heights Southeast are 3.9%, which is lower than one will find in 73.2% of American neighborhoods. Demand for real estate in Boyle Heights Southeast is above average for the U.S., and may signal some demand for either price increases or new construction of residential product for this neighborhood.
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 Los Angeles, the Boyle Heights Southeast neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
The Boyle Heights Southeast neighborhood is unique for having just 7.1% of adults here having earned a bachelor's degree. This is a lower rate of college graduates than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.5% of America's neighborhoods.
If you find historic homes and neighborhoods attractive, you love the details, the history, and the charm, then you are sure to be interested in this neighborhood. With 54.9% of the residential real estate in the Boyle Heights Southeast neighborhood built no later than 1939, and some built considerably earlier, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of historic residences than 95.3% of all neighborhoods in America. In this regard, this neighborhood truly stands out as special.
Did you know that the Boyle Heights Southeast neighborhood has more Mexican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 82.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry.
Boyle Heights Southeast is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 74.6% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 98.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
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 Boyle Heights Southeast neighborhood in Los Angeles are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 43.7% of the neighborhoods in America. With 29.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 80.8% 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 Boyle Heights Southeast neighborhood, 34.8% 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 33.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (15.8%), and 15.8% in executive, management, and professional occupations.
The most common language spoken in the Boyle Heights Southeast neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 74.6% of households. Some people also speak English (25.0%).
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 Boyle Heights Southeast neighborhood in Los Angeles, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (82.6%). There are also a number of people of Jamaican ancestry (1.1%). In addition, 37.7% 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 Boyle Heights Southeast neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (45.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (71.4%) 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 (19.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.