W 103rd St / S Vermont Ave median real estate price is $800,827, which is more expensive than 43.0% of the neighborhoods in California and 84.0% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in W 103rd St / S Vermont Ave is currently $1,978, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 90.2% of California neighborhoods.
W 103rd St / S Vermont Ave is a densely urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Los Angeles, California.
W 103rd St / S Vermont Ave real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) single-family homes and apartment complexes/high-rise apartments. Most of the residential real estate is renter occupied. Many of the residences in the W 103rd St / S Vermont Ave neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built before 1940.
Real estate vacancies in W 103rd St / S Vermont Ave are 4.9%, which is lower than one will find in 66.1% of American neighborhoods. Demand for real estate in W 103rd St / S Vermont Ave 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.
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.
More people ride the bus in this neighborhood each day to get to work than 97.3% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Single parenting is hard. But you don't have to tell the W 103rd St / S Vermont Ave neighborhood about it; they already know. 18.7% of this neighborhood's households are run by single mothers, which is a higher concentration than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.2% of American neighborhoods. Further NeighborhoodScout research showed strong statistical correlations among high rates of children living in single parent households, and neighborhood crime, particularly violent crime, neighborhood poverty, and, importantly, the percentage of low weight births and rates of infant mortality.
If you like crowded places, then you will probably enjoy the the W 103rd St / S Vermont Ave neighborhood. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive data analysis, this neighborhood is more densely populated than 95.4% of neighborhoods in the U.S., with 22,087 people per square mile living here.
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 W 103rd St / S Vermont Ave neighborhood in Los Angeles are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 93.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 32.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 84.2% 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 W 103rd St / S Vermont Ave neighborhood, 35.9% 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 30.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (24.0%), and 9.5% in executive, management, and professional occupations.
The most common language spoken in the W 103rd St / S Vermont Ave neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 49.9% of households. Some people also speak English (48.8%).
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 W 103rd St / S Vermont Ave neighborhood in Los Angeles, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (35.6%). There are also a number of people of Sub-Saharan African ancestry (5.3%), and residents who report African roots (2.5%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (1.4%). In addition, 29.4% 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 W 103rd St / S Vermont Ave neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (39.6% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (66.2%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also ride the bus to get to work (14.4%) and 13.4% of residents also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors 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.