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Real Estate Prices & Overview

Visitacion Valley Southwest median real estate price is $1,073,294, which is more expensive than 63.9% of the neighborhoods in California and 91.6% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.

The average rental price in Visitacion Valley Southwest is currently $2,354, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 81.4% of California neighborhoods.

Visitacion Valley Southwest is a densely urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in San Francisco, California.

Visitacion Valley Southwest real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) single-family homes and townhomes. Most of the residential real estate is occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Many of the residences in the Visitacion Valley Southwest neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built before 1940.

In Visitacion Valley Southwest, the current vacancy rate is 1.1%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 90.7% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in Visitacion Valley Southwest 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.

Modes of Transportation

Our research revealed that more commuters here take the bus to work (20.9% ride the bus) than 98.9% of all American neighborhoods. If you like the idea of leaving your car and home and hopping the bus to work, this might be a good neighborhood for you to consider.

People

Visitacion Valley Southwest has the amazing distinction of housing more same sex couples living together than 98.3% of neighborhoods in the U.S. If you are seeking such a neighborhood, NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that this is one place that you should consider.

Real Estate

If you like crowded places, then you will probably enjoy the the Visitacion Valley Southwest neighborhood. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive data analysis, this neighborhood is more densely populated than 96.9% of neighborhoods in the U.S., with 30,028 people per square mile living here.

In addition, many people dream of living along a street lined with row houses or other attached homes. Such places do often have an abundance of charm. If you are one of these people, the Visitacion Valley Southwest neighborhood could be your paradise. With 29.7% of the homes and real estate here classified as rowhouses or other attached homes, this neighborhood brims with opportunity to find the right place for you. Only 3.3% of U.S. neighborhoods have more row houses than this neighborhood, making it one of the most interesting things about this special neighborhood.

Diversity

Did you know that the Visitacion Valley Southwest neighborhood has more Asian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 67.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Asian ancestry.

Visitacion Valley Southwest is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 42.3% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Chinese at home. This is a higher percentage than 99.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Migration / Stability

Do you like to be surrounded by people from all over the country or world, with different perspectives and life experiences? Or do you instead prefer to be in a neighborhood where most residents have lived there for a long time, creating a sense of cohesiveness? NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that this neighborhood stands out among American neighborhoods for the uniqueness of the mobility of its residents. More residents of the Visitacion Valley Southwest neighborhood live here today that also were living in this same neighborhood five years ago than is found in 96.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. This neighborhood is really made up of people who know each other, don't move often, and have lived here in this very neighborhood for quite a while. What is interesting to note, is that the Visitacion Valley Southwest neighborhood has a greater percentage of residents born in another country (47.7%) than are found in 96.9% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

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 Visitacion Valley Southwest neighborhood in San Francisco are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 56.0% of the neighborhoods in America. With 19.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 68.2% of U.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 Visitacion Valley Southwest neighborhood, 29.0% 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 26.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (24.1%), and 20.5% 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 Visitacion Valley Southwest neighborhood is Chinese, spoken by 42.3% of households. Other important languages spoken here include English, Vietnamese, Spanish 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 Visitacion Valley Southwest neighborhood in San Francisco, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Asian (67.6%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (6.0%), and residents who report Italian roots (6.0%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (2.5%), along with some English ancestry residents (1.4%), among others. In addition, 47.7% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.

Getting to Work

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 Visitacion Valley Southwest neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (32.8% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (54.1%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also ride the bus to get to work (20.9%) and 14.0% of residents also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors 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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