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Real Estate Prices & Overview

Borderland Retreat Colonia / Ranchette Estates Colonia median real estate price is $244,550, which is more expensive than 44.7% of the neighborhoods in Texas and 33.6% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.

The average rental price in Borderland Retreat Colonia / Ranchette Estates Colonia is currently $2,093, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 40.7% of Texas neighborhoods.

Borderland Retreat Colonia / Ranchette Estates Colonia is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Edinburg, Texas.

Borderland Retreat Colonia / Ranchette Estates Colonia real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to large (four, five or more bedroom) single-family homes and small apartment buildings. Most of the residential real estate is owner occupied. Many of the residences in the Borderland Retreat Colonia / Ranchette Estates Colonia neighborhood are newer, built in 2000 or more recently. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.

In Borderland Retreat Colonia / Ranchette Estates Colonia, the current vacancy rate is 2.8%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 82.7% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in Borderland Retreat Colonia / Ranchette Estates Colonia is very tight compared to the demand for property here.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

People

With more than 1.8% of residents living with a same sex partner, Borderland Retreat Colonia / Ranchette Estates Colonia is truly a neighborhood that stands out from the rest in this regard. In fact, exclusive analysis by NeighborhoodScout reveals that this neighborhood has a greater concentration of same sex couples than 96.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the Borderland Retreat Colonia / Ranchette Estates Colonia neighborhood has more Mexican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 79.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry.

Borderland Retreat Colonia / Ranchette Estates Colonia is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 7.1% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Tagalog, which is the first language of the Philippine region, at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.9% of the neighborhoods in America.

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 Borderland Retreat Colonia / Ranchette Estates Colonia neighborhood in Edinburg are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 58.4% of the neighborhoods in America. With 25.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 75.7% 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 Borderland Retreat Colonia / Ranchette Estates Colonia neighborhood, 54.0% 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 16.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (16.7%), and 12.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

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 Borderland Retreat Colonia / Ranchette Estates Colonia neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 65.3% of households. Other important languages spoken here include English and Tagalog (the first language of the Philippine region).

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 Borderland Retreat Colonia / Ranchette Estates Colonia neighborhood in Edinburg, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (79.7%). There are also a number of people of Asian ancestry (10.3%), and residents who report English roots (2.0%). In addition, 27.3% 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 Borderland Retreat Colonia / Ranchette Estates Colonia neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (48.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (82.0%) 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 (11.4%) . 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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