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Does real estate here hold its value?
Are the trends in local vacancies or unemployment concerning?
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Woodacre - San Geronimo is a very small town located in the state of California. With a population of 3,780 people and just one neighborhood, Woodacre - San Geronimo is the 561st largest community in California. Woodacre - San Geronimo has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.
Housing costs in Woodacre - San Geronimo are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in California.
Occupations and Workforce
Woodacre - San Geronimo is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 89.93% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Woodacre - San Geronimo is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Woodacre - San Geronimo who work in art, media, and design (12.27%), healthcare (10.11%), and management occupations (10.07%).
Of important note, Woodacre - San Geronimo is also a town of artists. Woodacre - San Geronimo has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Woodacre - San Geronimo’s character.
Also of interest is that Woodacre - San Geronimo has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Woodacre - San Geronimo has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too.
A relatively large number of people in Woodacre - San Geronimo telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 25.13% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
Setting & Lifestyle
Woodacre - San Geronimo is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Woodacre - San Geronimo’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.
One downside of living in Woodacre - San Geronimo, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.85 minutes every day commuting to work.
Demographics
Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Woodacre - San Geronimo, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Woodacre - San Geronimo is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 62.31% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Woodacre - San Geronimo in 2022 was $78,799, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $315,196 for a family of four. However, Woodacre - San Geronimo contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Woodacre - San Geronimo is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Woodacre - San Geronimo home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Woodacre - San Geronimo residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Woodacre - San Geronimo include German, English, European, Russian, and Irish.
The most common language spoken in Woodacre - San Geronimo is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics
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.
People
If you are planning to retire in California, this neighborhood should be on your must-see list. For many reasons, may be considered a retiree's dream neighborhood. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and metrics, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety from crime compared to other neighborhoods in California, while also offering a diverse range of housing options. This, along with the vibrant mix of very educated seniors and other age groups who choose to live here, makes the neighborhood more retiree-friendly than 99.2% of neighborhoods in CA. If a California retirement is in your future, this neighborhood should be one of the places you visit. In addition to being an excellent choice for active retirees, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for urban sophisticates and college students.
Diversity
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Russian and Iranian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 8.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Russian ancestry and 1.3% have Iranian ancestry.
The Neighbors
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 neighborhood in Woodacre - San Geronimo 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 90.7% of the neighborhoods in America. With 34.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 85.3% 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 neighborhood, 64.0% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 16.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (10.1%), and 9.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
Languages
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 91.8% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (3.7%).
Ethnicity / Ancestry
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Woodacre - San Geronimo, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (15.5%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (14.6%), and residents who report Russian roots (8.3%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (7.8%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (4.3%), among others.
Getting to Work
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 neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (29.0% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (66.8%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.
SCOUT’s patented match algorithm identifies the most similar neighborhoods to a subject location, and quantifies the similarity to the subject location. This allows analysts to identify the most similar neighborhoods in a local market area for appraisals, investments, and research.
The algorithm uses 273 neighborhood conditions, identifies the dominant dimensions underlying the conditions and calculates the similarity. This captures the true culture and character of locations, economic conditions, and trends.
The closer to 100% means the locations are nearly identical. 80% is a very good, but not excellent match, and so forth.
