Eastex Fwy / Saunders Rd median real estate price is $79,213, which is less expensive than 96.3% of Texas neighborhoods and 97.2% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
The average rental price in Eastex Fwy / Saunders Rd is currently $1,383, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 80.7% of Texas neighborhoods.
Eastex Fwy / Saunders Rd is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Houston, Texas.
Eastex Fwy / Saunders Rd 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 Eastex Fwy / Saunders Rd neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.
Real estate vacancies in Eastex Fwy / Saunders Rd are 5.3%, which is lower than one will find in 64.6% of American neighborhoods. Demand for real estate in Eastex Fwy / Saunders Rd 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.
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 Houston, the Eastex Fwy / Saunders Rd neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research identifies the Eastex Fwy / Saunders Rd neighborhood as having one of the highest concentrations of people employed in manufacturing or as laborers of any neighborhood in America. In fact, despite the loss of manufacturing jobs nationally, this neighborhood has 61.0% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 99.8% of American neighborhoods.
NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research revealed that 96.9% of the adult residents in the Eastex Fwy / Saunders Rd neighborhood do not have a 4-year college degree, which is a lower rate of college graduated adults than found in 98.3% of the neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the Eastex Fwy / Saunders Rd neighborhood has more Mexican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 84.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry.
Eastex Fwy / Saunders Rd is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 86.8% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 99.3% 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 Eastex Fwy / Saunders Rd neighborhood in Houston are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 94.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 52.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 95.0% 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 Eastex Fwy / Saunders Rd neighborhood, 61.0% 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 16.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (11.5%), and 10.8% in executive, management, and professional occupations.
The most common language spoken in the Eastex Fwy / Saunders Rd neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 86.8% of households. Some people also speak English (12.7%).
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 Eastex Fwy / Saunders Rd neighborhood in Houston, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (84.4%). In addition, 37.3% 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 Eastex Fwy / Saunders Rd neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (34.8% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (84.1%) 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 (13.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.