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Real Estate Prices & Overview

Firestone Blvd / Otis St median real estate price is $796,230, which is more expensive than 43.0% of the neighborhoods in California and 84.5% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.

The average rental price in Firestone Blvd / Otis St is currently $2,147, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 84.3% of California neighborhoods.

Firestone Blvd / Otis St is an urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in South Gate, California.

Firestone Blvd / Otis St 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 renter occupied. Many of the residences in the Firestone Blvd / Otis St neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.

Real estate vacancies in Firestone Blvd / Otis St are 4.4%, which is lower than one will find in 70.9% of American neighborhoods. Demand for real estate in Firestone Blvd / Otis St 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

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 South Gate, the Firestone Blvd / Otis St neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Occupations

NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research identifies the Firestone Blvd / Otis St 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 45.5% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 97.4% of American neighborhoods.

Modes of Transportation

In the Firestone Blvd / Otis St neighborhood, carpooling is still a popular way to get to and from work. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that 24.5% of commuters carpool here, which is more than in 96.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the Firestone Blvd / Otis St neighborhood has more Mexican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 86.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry.

Firestone Blvd / Otis St is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 90.9% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 99.6% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Migration / Stability

The freedom of moving to new places versus the comfort of home. How much and how often people move not only can create diverse and worldly neighborhoods, but simultaneously it can produce a loss of intimacy with one's surroundings and a lack of connectedness to one's neighbors. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research has identified this neighborhood as unique with regard to the transience of its populace. What is interesting to note, is that the Firestone Blvd / Otis St neighborhood has a greater percentage of residents born in another country (52.7%) than are found in 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 Firestone Blvd / Otis St neighborhood in South Gate are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 88.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 28.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 79.6% 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 Firestone Blvd / Otis St neighborhood, 45.5% 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 26.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (15.8%), and 11.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the Firestone Blvd / Otis St neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 90.9% of households. Some people also speak English (9.1%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Firestone Blvd / Otis St neighborhood in South Gate, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (86.1%). There are also a number of people of French ancestry (3.8%). In addition, 52.7% 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 Firestone Blvd / Otis St neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (34.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (66.5%) 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 (24.5%) . 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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