Cesar E Chavez Ave / Baldwin Ave median real estate price is $101,807, which is less expensive than 88.8% of Michigan neighborhoods and 94.6% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
The average rental price in Cesar E Chavez Ave / Baldwin Ave is currently $1,553, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 55.9% 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.
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.
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.
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.
The Cesar E Chavez Ave / Baldwin Ave neighborhood is unique for having just 3.4% of adults here having earned a bachelor's degree. This is a lower rate of college graduates than NeighborhoodScout found in 98.1% of America's neighborhoods.
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, the Cesar E Chavez Ave / Baldwin Ave neighborhood stands out for having an average per capita income lower than 95.9% of the neighborhoods in the United States.
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.
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.
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 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.
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%).
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 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.
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 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.