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Real Estate Prices & Overview

Kelly Park median real estate price is $709,646, which is less expensive than 64.2% of California neighborhoods and 19.6% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

The average rental price in Kelly Park is currently $2,556, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 72.8% of California neighborhoods.

Kelly Park is a densely urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Compton, California.

Kelly Park real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to small (studio to two bedroom) single-family homes and mobile homes. Most of the residential real estate is occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Many of the residences in the Kelly Park neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built before 1940.

Real estate vacancies in Kelly Park are 4.1%, which is lower than one will find in 72.7% of American neighborhoods. Demand for real estate in Kelly Park 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 Compton, the Kelly Park neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

People

NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research revealed that 95.0% of the adult residents in the Kelly Park neighborhood do not have a 4-year college degree, which is a lower rate of college graduated adults than found in 97.2% of the neighborhoods in America.

Car Ownership

American households most often have a car, and regularly they have two or three. But households in the Kelly Park neighborhood buck this trend. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 37.2% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 97.1% of the neighborhoods in the nation.

Diversity

Did you know that the Kelly Park neighborhood has more Mexican and Jamaican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 59.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry and 2.7% have Jamaican ancestry.

Kelly Park is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 64.0% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 96.5% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

The Neighbors

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 Kelly Park neighborhood in Compton are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 43.1% of the neighborhoods in America. With 34.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 85.5% 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 Kelly Park neighborhood, 35.5% 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 29.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (21.8%), and 11.5% in executive, management, and professional occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the Kelly Park neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 64.0% of households. Some people also speak English (35.6%).

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 Kelly Park neighborhood in Compton, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (59.8%). There are also a number of people of Jamaican ancestry (2.7%), and residents who report Sub-Saharan African roots (2.1%), and some of the residents are also of African ancestry (2.1%). In addition, 31.5% 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 Kelly Park neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (37.2% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (82.2%) 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 (6.5%) and 5.3% of residents also ride the bus 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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