Villa De Palmas median real estate price is $279,593, which is more expensive than 49.4% of the neighborhoods in Texas and 36.1% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Villa De Palmas is currently $1,104, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 95.6% of Texas neighborhoods.
Villa De Palmas is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in McAllen, Texas.
Villa De Palmas real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to large (four, five or more 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 Villa De Palmas neighborhood are newer, built in 2000 or more recently. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.
Villa De Palmas has a 15.6% vacancy rate, which is well above average compared to other U.S. neighborhoods (higher than 79.4% 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.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
In the Villa De Palmas neighborhood, carpooling is still a popular way to get to and from work. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that 42.1% of commuters carpool here, which is more than in 99.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
From major sales accounts to fast-food workers, sales and service employees are often the backbone of the local economy. In the Villa De Palmas neighborhood, they truly stand out. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis identifies this neighborhood as having a higher percentage of sales and service workers than 99.7% of all American neighborhoods.
The Villa De Palmas neighborhood has a greater percentage of children living in poverty (60.5%) than found in 97.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods. Children living in poverty is one of the challenges facing America, and the world, and in this neighborhood in particular, the problem can be considered acute.
In addition, with more than 1.6% of residents living with a same sex partner, Villa De Palmas is truly a neighborhood that stands out from the rest in this regard. In fact, exclusive analysis by NeighborhoodScout reveals that this neighborhood has a greater concentration of same sex couples than 95.3% of U.S. neighborhoods.
If you like the look and ambience of new homes and newly built neighborhoods, you will love the Villa De Palmas neighborhood. A whopping 74.7% of the homes and other residential real estate here were built after 1999, which is a higher proportion of new homes then you will find in 96.7% of the neighborhoods in the U.S. Everything here just feels new.
Did you know that the Villa De Palmas neighborhood has more Mexican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 83.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry.
Villa De Palmas is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 80.6% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 98.6% 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 Villa De Palmas neighborhood in McAllen are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 100.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 60.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 97.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the Villa De Palmas neighborhood, 55.3% 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 executive, management, and professional occupations, with 21.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (14.5%), and 8.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the Villa De Palmas neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 80.6% of households. Some people also speak English (19.4%).
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 Villa De Palmas neighborhood in McAllen, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (83.1%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (5.5%), and residents who report German roots (1.4%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (1.1%). In addition, 34.4% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
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 Villa De Palmas neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (48.5% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (49.2%) 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 (42.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.