640 Vital Statistics. 64 Condition Alerts found.
Blue Hills median real estate price is $2,252,464, which is more expensive than 98.1% of the neighborhoods in California and 99.7% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Blue Hills is currently $5,375, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. The average rental cost in this neighborhood is higher than 99.4% of the neighborhoods in California.
Blue Hills is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Saratoga, California.
Blue Hills real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to large (four, five or more bedroom) single-family homes and townhomes. Most of the residential real estate is owner occupied. Many of the residences in the Blue Hills neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.
In Blue Hills, the current vacancy rate is 2.8%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 88.1% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in Blue Hills is very tight compared to the demand for property here.
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 Saratoga, the Blue Hills neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
A majority of the adults in the Blue Hills neighborhood are wealthy and educated executives. They own stately homes that tend to maintain high real estate appreciation rates. Their upper-level careers keep them busy, but allow them to live comfortably. If you're an executive and want to keep similar company, consider settling in this neighborhood, rated as an executive lifestyle "best choice" neighborhood for California by NeighborhoodScout's analysis, which rated it as better for executive lifestyles than 99.8% of the neighborhoods in California. In addition to being an excellent choice for highly educated executives, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for families with school-aged children, urban sophisticates and active retirees.
In addition, the rate of college educated adults in the Blue Hills neighborhood is a unique characteristic of the neighborhood. 84.3% of adults here have received at least a 4-year bachelor's degree, compared to the average neighborhood in America, which has 22.6% of the adults with a bachelor's degree. The rate here is higher than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Also, wealth makes most things in life easier, and a few things harder. If you are wealthy and enjoy keeping up with the Jones', this neighborhood will interest you. In fact, according to NeighborhoodScout's research, the Blue Hills neighborhood is wealthier than 98.1% of the neighborhoods in the United States. Residents here are truly in a unique situation even when compared to other Americans, based on the sheer amount of wealth concentrated here. Even in times of economic downturn, residents of this neighborhood, as a group, suffered less and recovered more quickly. This is indeed a stand-out characteristic of this neighborhood.
Executives, managers and professionals make up 78.6% of the workforce in the Blue Hills neighborhood which, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, is a higher proportion of such high-level people than is found in 99.5% of the neighborhoods in America. For this reason, this neighborhood really stands out as unique.
One way that the Blue Hills neighborhood really stands out, is that it has more large 4, 5, or additional bedroom homes and real estate than 98.7% of the neighborhoods in America. When you walk or drive around this neighborhood, you'll instantly notice the size of the homes here which definitely makes a strong visual statement.
Did you know that the Blue Hills neighborhood has more Asian and Austrian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 63.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Asian ancestry and 2.0% have Austrian ancestry.
Blue Hills is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 39.0% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Chinese at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.8% of the neighborhoods in America.
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. What is interesting to note, is that the Blue Hills neighborhood has a greater percentage of residents born in another country (45.2%) than are found in 96.3% 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 Blue Hills neighborhood in Saratoga are wealthy, making it among the 15% highest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 98.1% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 8.6% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 63.4% of America'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 Blue Hills neighborhood, 78.6% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional 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 14.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (6.0%).
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 Blue Hills neighborhood is English, spoken by 41.6% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese, Langs. of India and German/Yiddish.
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 Blue Hills neighborhood in Saratoga, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Asian (63.1%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (9.0%), and residents who report Irish roots (5.8%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (3.9%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (2.4%), among others. In addition, 45.2% 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 Blue Hills neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (36.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (90.1%) 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 (6.9%) . 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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44 Vital Statistics. 9 Condition Alerts found.
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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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136 Vital Statistics. 2 Condition Alerts found.
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67 Vital Statistics. 4 Condition Alerts found.
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Blue Hills | 0.101011101001110 |
Saratoga | 0.101011101001110 |
California | 4.41 |
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Blue Hills | 0.101011101001110 |
Saratoga | 0.101011101001110 |
California | 23.31 |
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Blue Hills | 0.101011101001110 |
Saratoga | 0.101011101001110 |
California | 83 |
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65 Vital Statistics. 32 Condition Alerts found.
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SEE ALL SCHOOLSDiscipline | District | State |
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Proficiency in Math | 0.101011101001110 | 0.101011101001110 |
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Proficiency in Reading and Math | 0.101011101001110 | 0.101011101001110 |
Proficiency in Reading | 0.101011101001110 | 0.101011101001110 |
Proficiency in Math | 0.101011101001110 | 0.101011101001110 |
School Details | Grades | Quality Rating Compared to CA* | Quality Rating Compared to Nation* |
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Community Day School
589 W. Fremont Ave. Sunnyvale, CA 94087 |
09-12 | ||
Cupertino High School
10100 Finch Ave. Cupertino, CA 95014 |
09-12 | ||
Fremont High School
575 W. Fremont Ave. Sunnyvale, CA 94087 |
09-12 | ||
Homestead High School
21370 Homestead Rd. Cupertino, CA 95014 |
09-12 | ||
Lynbrook High School
1280 Johnson Ave. San Jose, CA 95129 |
09-12 | ||
Monta Vista High School
21840 Mc Clellan Rd. Cupertino, CA 95014 |
09-12 | ||
* 10 is highest |
Discipline | District | State |
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Proficiency in Reading and Math | 0.101011101001110 | 0.101011101001110 |
Proficiency in Reading | 0.101011101001110 | 0.101011101001110 |
Proficiency in Math | 0.101011101001110 | 0.101011101001110 |
School Details | Grades | Quality Rating Compared to CA* | Quality Rating Compared to Nation* |
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Los Gatos High School
20 High Sch Ct. Los Gatos, CA 95030 |
09-12 | ||
Saratoga High School
20300 Herriman Ave. Saratoga, CA 95070 |
09-12 | ||
* 10 is highest |
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Proficiency in Reading and Math | 0.101011101001110 | 0.101011101001110 |
Proficiency in Reading | 0.101011101001110 | 0.101011101001110 |
Proficiency in Math | 0.101011101001110 | 0.101011101001110 |
School Details | Grades | Quality Rating Compared to CA* | Quality Rating Compared to Nation* |
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Argonaut Elementary School
13200 Shadow Mountain Rd. Saratoga, CA 95070 |
KG-05 | ||
Foothill Elementary School
13919 Lynde Ave. Saratoga, CA 95070 |
KG-05 | ||
Redwood Middle School
13925 Fruitvale Ave. Saratoga, CA 95070 |
06-08 | ||
Saratoga Elementary School
14592 Oak St. Saratoga, CA 95070 |
KG-05 | ||
Saratoga Special Services Preschool School
20460 Forrest Hills Dr. Saratoga, CA 95070 |
M-M | ||
* 10 is highest |
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328 Vital Statistics. 17 Condition Alerts found.
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