Pittsburg West median real estate price is $1,020,745, which is more expensive than 60.5% of the neighborhoods in California and 90.7% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Pittsburg West is currently $4,450, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. The average rental cost in this neighborhood is higher than 80.6% of the neighborhoods in California.
Pittsburg West is a rural neighborhood (based on population density) located in Pittsburg, California.
Pittsburg West real estate is primarily made up of large (four, five or more bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) single-family homes and apartment complexes/high-rise apartments. Most of the residential real estate is occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Many of the residences in the Pittsburg West neighborhood are newer, built in 2000 or more recently. A number of residences were also built between 1940 and 1969.
Pittsburg West has a 12.9% vacancy rate, which is well above average compared to other U.S. neighborhoods (higher than 73.5% 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 a nation where 1 out of every 4 children lives in poverty, the Pittsburg West neighborhood stands out as being ranked among the lowest 0.0% of neighborhoods affected by this global issue.
In addition, neighborhoodScout's analysis shows that the Pittsburg West neighborhood has a greater concentration of residents currently enrolled in college than 95.5% of the neighborhoods in the U.S. With 11.1% of the population here attending college, this is very much a college-focused neighborhood.
If you like to ride the train to work, this neighborhood may be for you. NeighborhoodScout's research revealed that 16.9% of the Pittsburg West neighborhood's commuters ride the train to and from work each day, which is more than we found in 97.0% of America's neighborhoods.
Homes built from 2000 through today make up a higher proportion of the Pittsburg West neighborhood's real estate landscape than 96.5% of the neighborhoods in America. When you are driving around this neighborhood, you'll notice right away that it is one of the newest built of any, with the smell of fresh paint, and the look of young landscaping nearly everywhere you look. In fact, 75.6% of the residential real estate here is classified as newer.
Did you know that the Pittsburg West neighborhood has more Asian and Dutch ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 52.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Asian ancestry and 4.6% have Dutch ancestry.
Pittsburg West is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 14.4% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Tagalog, which is the first language of the Philippine region, at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.8% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Pittsburg West neighborhood in Pittsburg are wealthy, making it among the 15% highest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 94.3% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.0% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 100.0% of America'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 Pittsburg West neighborhood, 59.9% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 16.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (14.9%), and 8.8% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
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 Pittsburg West neighborhood is English, spoken by 64.7% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Tagalog (the first language of the Philippine region), Spanish, Vietnamese and Langs. of India.
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 Pittsburg West neighborhood in Pittsburg, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Asian (52.8%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (6.2%), and residents who report Dutch roots (4.6%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (4.5%), along with some Norwegian ancestry residents (2.3%), among others. In addition, 36.5% 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 Pittsburg West neighborhood spend between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (46.4% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (59.3%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also take the train to get to work (16.9%) and 12.5% 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.