Tobias Ave / Nordhoff St median real estate price is $784,204, which is more expensive than 41.1% of the neighborhoods in California and 83.3% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Tobias Ave / Nordhoff St is currently $2,519, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 77.2% of California neighborhoods.
Tobias Ave / Nordhoff St is a densely urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Los Angeles, California.
Tobias Ave / Nordhoff St 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 townhomes. Most of the residential real estate is renter occupied. Many of the residences in the Tobias Ave / Nordhoff St neighborhood are established but not old, having been built between 1970 and 1999. A number of residences were also built between 1940 and 1969.
Real estate vacancies in Tobias Ave / Nordhoff St are 5.5%, which is lower than one will find in 61.8% of American neighborhoods. Demand for real estate in Tobias Ave / Nordhoff St 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 Los Angeles, the Tobias Ave / Nordhoff St neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
The Tobias Ave / Nordhoff St neighborhood is very unique in that it has one of the highest proportions of one, two, or no bedroom real estate of any neighborhood in America. Most neighborhoods have a mixture of home or apartment sizes from small to large, but here the concentration of studios and other small living spaces is at near-record heights. With 98.2% of the real estate here of this small size, this most assuredly is a notable feature that makes this neighborhood unique, along with just a handful of other neighborhoods in the U.S. that share this characteristic.
In addition, what you'll find when you visit or move to this neighborhood is one of the most crowded neighborhoods in all of America. With an incredible 76,333 people per square mile, it is more densely populated than 99.3% of America's neighborhoods.
Furthermore, renter-occupied real estate is dominant in the Tobias Ave / Nordhoff St neighborhood. The percentage of rental real estate here, according to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, is 99.2%, which is higher than 99.1% of the neighborhoods in America. If you were to buy and live in the property you bought here, you would be almost alone in doing so.
Also of note, one of the really unique and interesting things about the look and setting of the Tobias Ave / Nordhoff St neighborhood is that it is almost entirely dominated by large apartment buildings, such as apartment complexes or high-rise apartments. 95.4% of the residential real estate here is classified as such. This puts this neighborhood on the map as having a higher proportion of large apartment buildings than 99.1% of all neighborhoods in America.
In the Tobias Ave / Nordhoff St neighborhood, carpooling is still a popular way to get to and from work. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that 25.9% of commuters carpool here, which is more than in 97.4% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Also, more people ride the bus in this neighborhood each day to get to work than 96.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.
NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research revealed that 93.1% of the adult residents in the Tobias Ave / Nordhoff St neighborhood do not have a 4-year college degree, which is a lower rate of college graduated adults than found in 95.7% of the neighborhoods in America.
From major sales accounts to fast-food workers, sales and service employees are often the backbone of the local economy. In the Tobias Ave / Nordhoff St neighborhood, they truly stand out. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis identifies this neighborhood as having a higher percentage of sales and service workers than 95.3% of all American neighborhoods.
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 Tobias Ave / Nordhoff St neighborhood has a greater percentage of residents born in another country (49.4%) than are found in 97.4% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the Tobias Ave / Nordhoff St neighborhood has more Mexican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 59.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry.
Tobias Ave / Nordhoff St is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 88.1% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 99.4% 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 Tobias Ave / Nordhoff St 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 86.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 44.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 91.8% 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 Tobias Ave / Nordhoff St neighborhood, 37.6% 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 36.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (15.6%), and 9.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
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 Tobias Ave / Nordhoff St neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 88.1% of households. Other important languages spoken here include English and Tagalog (the first language of the Philippine region).
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 Tobias Ave / Nordhoff St neighborhood in Los Angeles, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (59.7%). There are also a number of people of Asian ancestry (2.4%). In addition, 49.4% 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 Tobias Ave / Nordhoff St 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 (53.9%) 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 (25.9%) and 12.8% of residents also ride the bus 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.