Median real estate price in the Town Center of Colorado City is $548,068, which is more expensive than 67.2% of the neighborhoods in Arizona and 69.6% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Colorado City Town Center is currently $1,478, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 87.5% of Arizona neighborhoods.
Colorado City Town Center is a rural neighborhood (based on population density) located in Colorado City, Arizona.
Real estate in the Town Center of Colorado City, AZ is primarily made up of large (four, five or more bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) single-family homes and mobile homes. Most of the residential real estate is owner occupied. Many of the residences in the Town Center neighborhood are established but not old, having been built between 1970 and 1999. A number of residences were also built between 2000 and the present.
Colorado City Town Center has a 10.7% vacancy rate, which is well above average compared to other U.S. neighborhoods (higher than 65.8% of American neighborhoods). Most vacant housing here is vacant year round. This could either signal that there is a weak demand for real estate in the neighborhood or that large amount of new housing has been built and not yet occupied. Either way, if you live here, you may find many of the homes or apartments are 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 Colorado City, the Town Center neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
We Americans love our cars. Not only are they a necessity for most Americans due to the shape of our neighborhoods and the distances between where we live, work, shop, and go to school, but we also fancy them. As a result, most households in America have one, two, or three cars. But NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis shows that the Colorado City Town Center neighborhood has a highly unusual pattern of car ownership. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 65.2% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 100.0% of the neighborhoods in the nation.
One way that the Colorado City Town Center 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.
Regardless of the means by which residents commute, this neighborhood has a length of commute that is notable. Residents of the Colorado City Town Center neighborhood have the pleasure of having one of the shortest commutes to work of any neighborhood in America. 69.5% of the residents have a commute time from home to work (one way) of less than fifteen minutes. This is a higher proportion of residents enjoying a short trip to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 98.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. Less time commuting means more time for other things in life.
NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research identifies the Colorado City Town Center neighborhood as having one of the highest concentrations of people employed in manufacturing or as laborers of any neighborhood in America. In fact, despite the loss of manufacturing jobs nationally, this neighborhood has 47.4% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 98.3% of American neighborhoods.
Our research shows that more people carpool to work here in the Colorado City Town Center (26.6%) than in 97.7% of the neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the Colorado City Town Center neighborhood has more English and Danish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 43.4% of this neighborhood's residents have English ancestry and 8.3% have Danish ancestry.
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 Town Center neighborhood in Colorado City are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 50.6% of the neighborhoods in America. With 37.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 87.7% 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 Colorado City Town Center neighborhood, 47.4% 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 25.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (13.8%), and 13.2% in executive, management, and professional occupations.
The most common language spoken in the Colorado City Town Center neighborhood is English, spoken by 100.0% of households.
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 Town Center neighborhood in Colorado City, AZ, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (43.4%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (13.8%), and residents who report Swedish roots (8.9%), and some of the residents are also of Danish ancestry (8.3%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (4.8%), 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 Colorado City Town Center neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (69.5% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (59.2%) 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 (26.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.