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Real Estate Prices & Overview

West Plaza Blvd East 20th St / Palm and 16th median real estate price is $689,447, which is more expensive than 33.6% of the neighborhoods in California and 79.8% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.

The average rental price in West Plaza Blvd East 20th St / Palm and 16th is currently $2,514, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 74.0% of California neighborhoods.

West Plaza Blvd East 20th St / Palm and 16th is a densely urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in National City, California.

West Plaza Blvd East 20th St / Palm and 16th real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) apartment complexes/high-rise apartments and single-family homes. Most of the residential real estate is renter occupied. Many of the residences in the West Plaza Blvd East 20th St / Palm and 16th neighborhood are established but not old, having been built between 1970 and 1999. A number of residences were also built between 1940 and 1969.

West Plaza Blvd East 20th St / Palm and 16th has a 11.4% vacancy rate, which is well above average compared to other U.S. neighborhoods (higher than 67.3% 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 National City, the West Plaza Blvd East 20th St / Palm and 16th neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Occupations

The West Plaza Blvd East 20th St / Palm and 16th neighborhood stands out nationally for having a greater proportion of its residents active in the military than 96.2% of other U.S. neighborhoods. If you come here, you will notice military people active in their jobs, going to and from work, and in plain clothes out and about the neighborhood.

Diversity

Did you know that the West Plaza Blvd East 20th St / Palm and 16th neighborhood has more Mexican and Asian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 56.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry and 25.3% have Asian ancestry.

West Plaza Blvd East 20th St / Palm and 16th is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 19.2% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Tagalog, which is the first language of the Philippine region, at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.9% of the neighborhoods in America.

Migration / Stability

The freedom of moving to new places versus the comfort of home. How much and how often people move not only can create diverse and worldly neighborhoods, but simultaneously it can produce a loss of intimacy with one's surroundings and a lack of connectedness to one's neighbors. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research has identified this neighborhood as unique with regard to the transience of its populace. What is interesting to note, is that the West Plaza Blvd East 20th St / Palm and 16th neighborhood has a greater percentage of residents born in another country (43.1%) than are found in 95.4% 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 West Plaza Blvd East 20th St / Palm and 16th neighborhood in National City are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 77.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 1.3% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 77.8% of America'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 West Plaza Blvd East 20th St / Palm and 16th neighborhood, 35.1% 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 28.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (20.1%), and 15.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the West Plaza Blvd East 20th St / Palm and 16th neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 48.8% of households. Other important languages spoken here include English, Tagalog (the first language of the Philippine region) and Italian.

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 West Plaza Blvd East 20th St / Palm and 16th neighborhood in National City, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (56.4%). There are also a number of people of Asian ancestry (25.3%), and residents who report Irish roots (2.3%), and some of the residents are also of Puerto Rican ancestry (1.7%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (1.7%), among others. In addition, 43.1% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.

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 West Plaza Blvd East 20th St / Palm and 16th neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (41.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (84.6%) 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 (7.3%) . 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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