Valle Verde Estates / Gila Acres median real estate price is $209,784, which is less expensive than 87.8% of Arizona neighborhoods and 77.2% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
The average rental price in Valle Verde Estates / Gila Acres is currently $1,508, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 87.1% of Arizona neighborhoods.
Valle Verde Estates / Gila Acres is a rural neighborhood (based on population density) located in Yuma, Arizona.
Valle Verde Estates / Gila Acres real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to small (studio to two bedroom) mobile homes and single-family homes. Most of the residential real estate is owner occupied. Many of the residences in the Valle Verde Estates / Gila Acres 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.
Valle Verde Estates / Gila Acres has a 14.0% vacancy rate, which is well above average compared to other U.S. neighborhoods (higher than 75.4% of American neighborhoods). A relatively large percentage of housing here is seasonally occupied (10.9%), which can occur in some markets dominated by colleges or vacation homes. If you live here year round, you will find many of the homes or apartments are empty for all or a portion of the year.
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 Yuma, the Valle Verde Estates / Gila Acres neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
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 Valle Verde Estates / Gila Acres neighborhood is a fantastic option for bicycle commuters, as 14.7% of commuters here do ride their bikes to and from work on a daily basis. This is a higher amount than we found in 99.9% of the neighborhoods in America.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 98.8% of all neighborhoods in America, with 47.2% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.
Did you know that the Valle Verde Estates / Gila Acres neighborhood has more Danish and Scots-Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Danish ancestry and 4.8% have Scots-Irish ancestry.
Valle Verde Estates / Gila Acres is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 60.5% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 95.8% 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 Valle Verde Estates / Gila Acres neighborhood in Yuma are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 81.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 17.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 65.2% 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 Valle Verde Estates / Gila Acres neighborhood, 30.3% 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 26.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (24.4%), and 17.7% in executive, management, and professional occupations.
The most common language spoken in the Valle Verde Estates / Gila Acres neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 60.5% of households. Some people also speak English (38.8%).
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 Valle Verde Estates / Gila Acres neighborhood in Yuma, AZ, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (65.8%). There are also a number of people of Scots-Irish ancestry (4.8%), and residents who report Danish roots (4.8%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (4.1%), along with some German ancestry residents (2.9%), among others. In addition, 31.9% 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 Valle Verde Estates / Gila Acres neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (45.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (63.2%) 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 (17.4%) and 14.7% of residents also bicycle 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.