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Real Estate Prices & Overview

North Santa Maria median real estate price is $530,138, which is less expensive than 76.9% of California neighborhoods and 28.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

The average rental price in North Santa Maria is currently $3,130, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 48.1% of California neighborhoods.

North Santa Maria is a densely urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Santa Maria, California.

North Santa Maria real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) single-family homes and small apartment buildings. Most of the residential real estate is renter occupied. Many of the residences in the North Santa Maria neighborhood are established but not old, having been built between 1970 and 1999. A number of residences were also built between 1940 and 1969.

Real estate vacancies in North Santa Maria are 5.1%, which is lower than one will find in 65.7% of American neighborhoods. Demand for real estate in North Santa Maria is above average for the U.S., and may signal some demand for either price increases or new construction of residential product for this neighborhood.

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.

Occupations

It used to be that most Americans lived on the farm, or otherwise made their living from the land, the forests, or the sea. With global trade and an economy increasingly based on providing services to one another, fewer people farm, fish or harvest timber now than at any time in American history. But according to NeighborhoodScout's leading analysis, the North Santa Maria neighborhood stands apart from most American neighborhood due to the proportion of its residents still working in these fields. With 28.7% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 99.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.

People

Whether by choice, divorce, or unplanned pregnancy, single moms may have the toughest job in the book. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that the North Santa Maria neighborhood has more single mother households than 98.2% of the neighborhoods in the U.S. Often high concentrations of single mother homes can be a strong indicator of family and social issues such as poverty, high rates of school dropouts, crime, and other societal problems.

In addition, neighborhoodScout's exclusive research revealed that 96.4% of the adult residents in the North Santa Maria neighborhood do not have a 4-year college degree, which is a lower rate of college graduated adults than found in 98.1% of the neighborhoods in America.

Modes of Transportation

In the North Santa Maria neighborhood, carpooling is still a popular way to get to and from work. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that 22.2% of commuters carpool here, which is more than in 95.2% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the North Santa Maria neighborhood has more Mexican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 84.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry.

North Santa Maria is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 76.6% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 98.2% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

The Neighbors

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 North Santa Maria neighborhood in Santa Maria are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 70.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 19.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 68.6% 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 North Santa Maria neighborhood, 28.7% of the working population is employed in farming, forestry, or commercial fishing. 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 27.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (21.8%), and 12.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the North Santa Maria neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 76.6% of households. Some people also speak English (20.8%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the North Santa Maria neighborhood in Santa Maria, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (84.9%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (3.2%), and residents who report Polish roots (2.4%), and some of the residents are also of Asian ancestry (1.6%), along with some Norwegian ancestry residents (1.4%), among others. In addition, 38.7% 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 North Santa Maria neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (49.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (71.5%) 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 (22.2%) . 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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