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California Polytechnic State U-San Luis Obispo / Stenner Creek Rd median real estate price is $479,318, which is more expensive than 35.8% of the neighborhoods in California and 81.6% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in California Polytechnic State U-San Luis Obispo / Stenner Creek Rd is currently $1,441, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 86.2% of California neighborhoods.
California Polytechnic State U-San Luis Obispo / Stenner Creek Rd is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in San Luis Obispo, California.
California Polytechnic State U-San Luis Obispo / Stenner Creek Rd 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 small apartment buildings. Most of the residential real estate is renter occupied. Many of the residences in the California Polytechnic State U-San Luis Obispo / Stenner Creek Rd 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 California Polytechnic State U-San Luis Obispo / Stenner Creek Rd. The current real estate vacancy rate here is 18.2%. This is higher than the rate of vacancies in 82.0% 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.
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 San Luis Obispo, the California Polytechnic State U-San Luis Obispo / Stenner Creek Rd neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
The California Polytechnic State U-San Luis Obispo / Stenner Creek Rd neighborhood stands out for having an average per capita income lower than 100.0% of the neighborhoods in the United States.
In addition, neighborhoodScout's analysis shows that the California Polytechnic State U-San Luis Obispo / Stenner Creek Rd neighborhood has a greater concentration of residents currently enrolled in college than 99.9% of the neighborhoods in the U.S. With 96.5% of the population here attending college, this is very much a college-focused neighborhood.
In the California Polytechnic State U-San Luis Obispo / Stenner Creek Rd neighborhood, walking to work is a real option for many. In fact, NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research reveals walking to and from work is the chosen way to commute for 48.5% of residents here. This is a higher proportion of walking commuters than we found in 99.6% of American neighborhoods. Get ready to put on your walking shoes if you move here!
Also, would you like to be able to ride your bike to work? If you are attracted to the idea of getting a little exercise of the two-wheeled type while reducing your carbon footprint, bicycling to work might be the answer. But which neighborhood you live in can make this either impossible, or alternatively, a great and realistic option. NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed that the California Polytechnic State U-San Luis Obispo / Stenner Creek Rd neighborhood is a fantastic option for bicycle commuters, as 7.2% of commuters here do ride their bikes to and from work on a daily basis. This is a higher amount than we found in 98.8% of the neighborhoods in America.
From major sales accounts to fast-food workers, sales and service employees are often the backbone of the local economy. In the California Polytechnic State U-San Luis Obispo / Stenner Creek Rd neighborhood, they truly stand out. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis identifies this neighborhood as having a higher percentage of sales and service workers than 99.4% of all American neighborhoods.
99.2% of the real estate in the California Polytechnic State U-San Luis Obispo / Stenner Creek Rd neighborhood is occupied by renters, which is nearly the highest rate of renter occupancy of any neighborhood in America.
In addition, one of the really unique and interesting things about the look and setting of the California Polytechnic State U-San Luis Obispo / Stenner Creek Rd neighborhood is that it is almost entirely dominated by large apartment buildings, such as apartment complexes or high-rise apartments. 81.6% of the residential real estate here is classified as such. This puts this neighborhood on the map as having a higher proportion of large apartment buildings than 97.4% of all neighborhoods in America.
Some neighborhoods have more internal cohesiveness than others. While other neighborhoods feel like a collection of strangers who just happen to live near each other. Sometimes this comes down to not only the personalities of the people in a place, but how long people have been together in that neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research has revealed some interesting things about the rootedness of people in the California Polytechnic State U-San Luis Obispo / Stenner Creek Rd neighborhood. In the California Polytechnic State U-San Luis Obispo / Stenner Creek Rd neighborhood, a greater proportion of the residents living here today did not live here five years ago than is found in 99.9% of U.S. Neighborhoods. This neighborhood, more than almost any other in America, has new residents from other areas.
Did you know that the California Polytechnic State U-San Luis Obispo / Stenner Creek Rd neighborhood has more Iranian and Portuguese ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Iranian ancestry and 2.1% have Portuguese ancestry.
California Polytechnic State U-San Luis Obispo / Stenner Creek Rd is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 1.2% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Persian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.1% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 California Polytechnic State U-San Luis Obispo / Stenner Creek Rd neighborhood in San Luis Obispo are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 100.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 48.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 91.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the California Polytechnic State U-San Luis Obispo / Stenner Creek Rd neighborhood, 50.5% 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 executive, management, and professional occupations, with 26.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (11.1%), and 10.6% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the California Polytechnic State U-San Luis Obispo / Stenner Creek Rd neighborhood is English, spoken by 81.5% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
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 California Polytechnic State U-San Luis Obispo / Stenner Creek Rd neighborhood in San Luis Obispo, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Asian (17.6%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (17.5%), and residents who report Irish roots (11.1%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (10.3%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (7.9%), among others.
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 California Polytechnic State U-San Luis Obispo / Stenner Creek Rd neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (55.3% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (48.5%) hop out the door and walk to work to get to work. In addition, quite a number also drive alone in a private automobile to get to work (36.4%) and 7.2% of residents also bicycle for their daily commute. This is a special neighborhood for the number of people who walk to work. Combining exercise, low cost, and reduced pollution, plus the chance to see your neighbors, walking to work is fairly uncommon in America but likely to increase as people try to reduce their dependence on automobiles, and this neighborhood offers that opportunity today.
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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: 2018 (latest available). Updated annually. Please note: Unemployment data updated November 2020.
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