US Hwy 77 / US Hwy 83 median real estate price is $109,941, which is less expensive than 92.0% of Texas neighborhoods and 94.2% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
The average rental price in US Hwy 77 / US Hwy 83 is currently $1,005, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 97.7% of Texas neighborhoods.
US Hwy 77 / US Hwy 83 is a rural neighborhood (based on population density) located in Brownsville, Texas.
US Hwy 77 / US Hwy 83 real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to small (studio to two 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 US Hwy 77 / US Hwy 83 neighborhood are established but not old, having been built between 1970 and 1999. A number of residences were also built between 1940 and 1969.
US Hwy 77 / US Hwy 83 has a 12.1% vacancy rate, which is well above average compared to other U.S. neighborhoods (higher than 69.9% 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.
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 Brownsville, the US Hwy 77 / US Hwy 83 neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
In the US Hwy 77 / US Hwy 83 neighborhood, carpooling is still a popular way to get to and from work. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that 30.1% of commuters carpool here, which is more than in 98.9% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
With 3.9% of employed workers living in the US Hwy 77 / US Hwy 83 neighborhood active in the military, this neighborhood has the distinction of having a higher proportion of people in the military than 98.3% of American neighborhoods. This is a major shaper of the neighborhood's culture and character.
Furthermore, 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 US Hwy 77 / US Hwy 83 neighborhood stands apart from most American neighborhood due to the proportion of its residents still working in these fields. With 4.3% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 96.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.
In addition, the government often provides some of the more stable jobs in the economy. From local, to state, to federal government workers, the government can also be a major employer. What NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed, is that the US Hwy 77 / US Hwy 83 neighborhood in particular stands out when compared nationally for the proportion of its working residents who are employed by the government. At 13.0% of its workforce, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of government workers than 95.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Single parenting is hard. But you don't have to tell the US Hwy 77 / US Hwy 83 neighborhood about it; they already know. 22.1% of this neighborhood's households are run by single mothers, which is a higher concentration than NeighborhoodScout found in 98.0% 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.
In addition, the US Hwy 77 / US Hwy 83 neighborhood stands out for having an average per capita income lower than 95.8% of the neighborhoods in the United States.
Did you know that the US Hwy 77 / US Hwy 83 neighborhood has more Mexican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 96.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry.
US Hwy 77 / US Hwy 83 is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 86.6% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 99.2% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
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 US Hwy 77 / US Hwy 83 neighborhood in Brownsville are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 95.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 31.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 82.5% 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 US Hwy 77 / US Hwy 83 neighborhood, 34.7% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 24.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (18.8%), and 17.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the US Hwy 77 / US Hwy 83 neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 86.6% of households. Some people also speak English (13.4%).
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 US Hwy 77 / US Hwy 83 neighborhood in Brownsville, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (96.8%). In addition, 27.9% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
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 US Hwy 77 / US Hwy 83 neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (50.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (63.2%) 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 (30.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.