Green Valley Farms / Indian Lake median real estate price is $96,213, which is less expensive than 94.3% of Texas neighborhoods and 95.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
The average rental price in Green Valley Farms / Indian Lake is currently $1,328, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 84.8% of Texas neighborhoods.
Green Valley Farms / Indian Lake is a rural neighborhood (based on population density) located in San Benito, Texas.
Green Valley Farms / Indian Lake real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) single-family homes and mobile homes. Most of the residential real estate is owner occupied. Many of the residences in the Green Valley Farms / Indian Lake neighborhood are newer, built in 2000 or more recently. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.
Green Valley Farms / Indian Lake has a 12.1% vacancy rate, which is well above average compared to other U.S. neighborhoods (higher than 69.6% 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.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the Green Valley Farms / Indian Lake neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 98.9% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
One of the unique characteristics of the Green Valley Farms / Indian Lake neighborhood revealed by analysis is that the per capita income of residents here is lower than that found in 96.0% of the neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the Green Valley Farms / Indian Lake neighborhood has more Mexican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 86.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry.
Green Valley Farms / Indian Lake is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 77.3% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 98.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the Green Valley Farms / Indian Lake neighborhood in San Benito are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 96.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 21.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 70.4% 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 Green Valley Farms / Indian Lake neighborhood, 38.4% 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 20.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (18.4%), and 13.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the Green Valley Farms / Indian Lake neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 77.3% of households. Some people also speak English (22.7%).
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 Green Valley Farms / Indian Lake neighborhood in San Benito, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (86.7%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (2.5%), and residents who report Irish roots (1.8%). In addition, 32.8% 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 Green Valley Farms / Indian Lake neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (38.0% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (82.0%) 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 (13.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.