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Real Estate Prices & Overview

Cesar E Chavez Ave / Baldwin Ave median real estate price is $104,992, which is less expensive than 87.0% of Michigan neighborhoods and 93.5% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

The average rental price in Cesar E Chavez Ave / Baldwin Ave is currently $1,464, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 56.3% of Michigan neighborhoods.

Cesar E Chavez Ave / Baldwin Ave is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Pontiac, Michigan.

Cesar E Chavez Ave / Baldwin Ave 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 occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Many of the residences in the Cesar E Chavez Ave / Baldwin Ave neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built before 1940.

Cesar E Chavez Ave / Baldwin Ave has a 13.3% vacancy rate, which is well above average compared to other U.S. neighborhoods (higher than 73.4% 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.

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 Pontiac, the Cesar E Chavez Ave / Baldwin Ave neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Occupations

More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the Cesar E Chavez Ave / Baldwin Ave neighborhood than in 99.6% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.

Modes of Transportation

Our research shows that more people carpool to work here in the Cesar E Chavez Ave / Baldwin Ave (30.6%) than in 99.0% of the neighborhoods in America.

People

NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research revealed that 96.6% of the adult residents in the Cesar E Chavez Ave / Baldwin Ave 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.

In addition, single parenting is hard. But you don't have to tell the Cesar E Chavez Ave / Baldwin Ave neighborhood about it; they already know. 21.2% of this neighborhood's households are run by single mothers, which is a higher concentration than NeighborhoodScout found in 97.6% of American neighborhoods. Further NeighborhoodScout research showed strong statistical correlations among high rates of children living in single parent households, and neighborhood crime, particularly violent crime, neighborhood poverty, and, importantly, the percentage of low weight births and rates of infant mortality.

Also, one of the unique characteristics of the Cesar E Chavez Ave / Baldwin Ave neighborhood revealed by analysis is that the per capita income of residents here is lower than that found in 95.9% of the neighborhoods in America.

Diversity

Did you know that the Cesar E Chavez Ave / Baldwin Ave neighborhood has more Puerto Rican and Jamaican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 19.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Puerto Rican ancestry and 6.6% have Jamaican ancestry.

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 Cesar E Chavez Ave / Baldwin Ave neighborhood in Pontiac are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 95.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 32.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 83.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the Cesar E Chavez Ave / Baldwin Ave neighborhood, 55.5% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 21.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (14.6%), and 8.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the Cesar E Chavez Ave / Baldwin Ave neighborhood is English, spoken by 74.9% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (24.4%).

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 Cesar E Chavez Ave / Baldwin Ave neighborhood in Pontiac, MI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Puerto Rican (19.1%). There are also a number of people of Jamaican ancestry (6.6%), and residents who report German roots (5.5%), and some of the residents are also of Sub-Saharan African ancestry (4.5%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (3.9%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 Cesar E Chavez Ave / Baldwin Ave neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (44.3% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (54.1%) 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 (30.6%) and 6.6% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work 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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