McMicken Heights / McVan median real estate price is $595,341, which is more expensive than 62.2% of the neighborhoods in Washington and 81.8% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in McMicken Heights / McVan is currently $1,764, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 66.0% of Washington neighborhoods.
McMicken Heights / McVan is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in SeaTac, Washington.
McMicken Heights / McVan real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) single-family homes and apartment complexes/high-rise apartments. Most of the residential real estate is occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Many of the residences in the McMicken Heights / McVan neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.
In McMicken Heights / McVan, the current vacancy rate is 2.9%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 83.1% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in McMicken Heights / McVan 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 SeaTac, the McMicken Heights / McVan neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
In the McMicken Heights / McVan 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 12.6% of residents here. This is a higher proportion of walking commuters than we found in 95.4% of American neighborhoods. Get ready to put on your walking shoes if you move here!
Did you know that the McMicken Heights / McVan neighborhood has more Sub-Saharan African and Yugoslav ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 21.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Sub-Saharan African ancestry and 0.8% have Yugoslav ancestry.
McMicken Heights / McVan is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 21.4% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak African languages at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 100.0% of the 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 McMicken Heights / McVan neighborhood. What is interesting to note, is that the McMicken Heights / McVan neighborhood has a greater percentage of residents born in another country (45.4%) than are found in 96.2% 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 McMicken Heights / McVan neighborhood in SeaTac are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 53.7% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 3.4% 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 71.2% of America'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 McMicken Heights / McVan neighborhood, 38.8% 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 manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 28.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (17.2%), and 14.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support 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 McMicken Heights / McVan neighborhood is English, spoken by 48.2% of households. Other important languages spoken here include African languages, Spanish, Langs. of India and Vietnamese.
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 McMicken Heights / McVan neighborhood in SeaTac, WA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Sub-Saharan African (21.9%). There are also a number of people of Asian ancestry (15.2%), and residents who report Mexican roots (13.9%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (11.0%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (6.2%), among others. In addition, 45.4% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in McMicken Heights / McVan neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (36.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (68.5%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also hop out the door and walk to work to get to work (12.6%) and 6.2% of residents also ride the bus for their daily commute. 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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Analytics built by: Location, Inc.
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: 2020 (latest available). Updated annually. Please note: Unemployment data updated February 2022.
Methodology: Unlike standardly available Census demographics, NeighborhoodScout uses dozens of custom models to transform 8.5 million raw demographic data elements from government sources into proprietary indices and insights…. Read more about Scout's Demographic Data
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Raw data sources: 18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.
Date(s) & Update Frequency: Reflects 2020 calendar year; released from FBI in Sept. 2021 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2021 data?
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School Details | Grades | Quality Rating Compared to WA* | Quality Rating Compared to Nation* |
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Bow Lake Elementary School
18237 42nd Ave S Sea Tac, WA 98188 |
PK-05 | ||
Chinook Middle School
18650 42nd Ave S Sea Tac, WA 98188 |
06-08 | ||
Gregory Heights Elementary School
16216 19th Ave Sw Burien, WA 98166 |
PK-05 | ||
Highline High School
225 S 152nd St Burien, WA 98148 |
09-12 | ||
Mcmicken Heights Elementary School
3708 S 168th St Sea Tac, WA 98188 |
PK-05 | ||
Sylvester Middle School
16222 Sylvester Road Sw Burien, WA 98166 |
06-08 | ||
Puget Sound Skills Center School
18010 8th Ave S Seattle, WA 98148 |
10-12 | ||
Puget Sound High School
18010 8th Ave South Burien, WA 98148 |
09-12 | ||
Foster Senior High School
4242 S 144th St Tukwila, WA 98168 |
09-12 | ||
Showalter Middle School
4628 S 144 Th St Seattle, WA 98168 |
06-08 | ||
Thorndyke Elementary School
4415 S 150 Th St Seattle, WA 98188 |
PK-05 | ||
Cascade View Elementary School
13601 32nd Avenue S Tukwila, WA 98168 |
PK-05 | ||
* 10 is highest |
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Raw data sources: U.S. Department of Education, 50 state departments of education, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Dow Jones S&P, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 18,000+ local law enforcement agencies, Federal Housing Finance Agency, U.S. Bureau of the Census, American Community Survey, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Geological Service, U.S. Department of Transportation, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics, Federal Highway Administration, National Agricultural Statistics.
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