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Real Estate Prices & Overview

El Sol Colonia / La Quinta Colonia median real estate price is $164,310, which is less expensive than 79.3% of Texas neighborhoods and 85.4% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

The average rental price in El Sol Colonia / La Quinta Colonia is currently $1,653, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 60.1% of Texas neighborhoods.

El Sol Colonia / La Quinta Colonia is an urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Pharr, Texas.

El Sol Colonia / La Quinta Colonia real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to small (studio to two bedroom) single-family homes and small apartment buildings. Most of the residential real estate is owner occupied. Many of the residences in the El Sol Colonia / La Quinta Colonia neighborhood are newer, built in 2000 or more recently. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.

In El Sol Colonia / La Quinta Colonia, the current vacancy rate is 1.9%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 87.2% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in El Sol Colonia / La Quinta Colonia is very tight compared to the demand for property here.

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 Pharr, the El Sol Colonia / La Quinta Colonia neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Car Ownership

We Americans love our cars. Not only are they a necessity for most Americans due to the shape of our neighborhoods and the distances between where we live, work, shop, and go to school, but we also fancy them. As a result, most households in America have one, two, or three cars. But NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis shows that the El Sol Colonia / La Quinta Colonia neighborhood has a highly unusual pattern of car ownership. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 43.5% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 99.0% of the neighborhoods in the nation.

People

One of the really interesting characteristics about the El Sol Colonia / La Quinta Colonia neighborhood is that, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research, it is an excellent choice in which to reside for college students. Due to its popularity among college students who already choose to live here, its walkability, and its above average safety from crime, the neighborhood is ideal for prospective or already-enrolled college students. Between semesters and during school breaks, you'll notice that the excitement here fluctuates with the college seasons. Despite the excitement however, parents of college-age children can rest easy knowing that this neighborhood has an above average safety rating. For each of these reasons, the neighborhood is rated among the top 3.3% of college-friendly places to live in the state of Texas.

Diversity

Did you know that the El Sol Colonia / La Quinta Colonia neighborhood has more Mexican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 98.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry.

El Sol Colonia / La Quinta Colonia is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 72.2% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 97.7% 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 El Sol Colonia / La Quinta Colonia neighborhood in Pharr are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 80.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 38.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 88.0% 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 El Sol Colonia / La Quinta Colonia neighborhood, 27.8% 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 24.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (23.2%), and 22.4% in executive, management, and professional occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the El Sol Colonia / La Quinta Colonia neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 72.2% of households. Some people also speak English (27.8%).

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 El Sol Colonia / La Quinta Colonia neighborhood in Pharr, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (98.2%). In addition, 24.2% 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 El Sol Colonia / La Quinta Colonia neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (42.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (85.9%) 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 (12.5%) . 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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