Garza Gutierrez Colonia / Garza Salinas Colonia median real estate price is $106,953, which is less expensive than 90.7% of Texas neighborhoods and 93.4% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
The average rental price in Garza Gutierrez Colonia / Garza Salinas Colonia is currently $1,146, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 94.2% of Texas neighborhoods.
Garza Gutierrez Colonia / Garza Salinas Colonia is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Rio Grande City, Texas.
Garza Gutierrez Colonia / Garza Salinas Colonia real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to small (studio to two bedroom) single-family homes and mobile homes. Most of the residential real estate is owner occupied. Many of the residences in the Garza Gutierrez Colonia / Garza Salinas Colonia neighborhood are established but not old, having been built between 1970 and 1999. A number of residences were also built between 1940 and 1969.
Vacant apartments or homes are a major fact of life in Garza Gutierrez Colonia / Garza Salinas Colonia. The current real estate vacancy rate here is 29.8%. This is higher than the rate of vacancies in 94.6% of all U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, most vacant housing here is vacant year round. This can sometimes be the case in neighborhoods dominated by new construction that is not yet occupied. But often neighborhoods with vacancy rates this high are places that can be plagued by a protracted vacancy problem. If you live here, you may find that a number of buildings in your neighborhood are actually empty.
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 Rio Grande City, the Garza Gutierrez Colonia / Garza Salinas Colonia neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
One of the unique characteristics of the Garza Gutierrez Colonia / Garza Salinas Colonia neighborhood revealed by analysis is that the per capita income of residents here is lower than that found in 97.9% of the neighborhoods in America. Also of note, 62.9% of the children in this area live in poverty; an extraordinarily high percentage compared to other neighborhoods in the nation. In a nation where approximately one in four children grows up in poverty, this neighborhood stands out for the depth of the problem manifested here.
In addition, of particular note, 3.3% of the people in the Garza Gutierrez Colonia / Garza Salinas Colonia neighborhood currently reside in a correction facility, held due to punishment for a crime.
From major sales accounts to fast-food workers, sales and service employees are often the backbone of the local economy. In the Garza Gutierrez Colonia / Garza Salinas Colonia neighborhood, they truly stand out. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis identifies this neighborhood as having a higher percentage of sales and service workers than 97.0% of all American neighborhoods.
Furthermore, the Garza Gutierrez Colonia / Garza Salinas Colonia neighborhood has a greater proportion of government workers living in it than 95.1% of the neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. This is a unique feature of this neighborhood, and one that shapes its character.
Did you know that the Garza Gutierrez Colonia / Garza Salinas Colonia neighborhood has more Mexican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 93.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry.
Garza Gutierrez Colonia / Garza Salinas Colonia is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 88.9% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 99.5% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
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 Garza Gutierrez Colonia / Garza Salinas Colonia neighborhood in Rio Grande City are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 97.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 62.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 97.4% 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 Garza Gutierrez Colonia / Garza Salinas Colonia neighborhood, 40.9% 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 executive, management, and professional occupations, with 20.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (19.6%), and 18.2% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The most common language spoken in the Garza Gutierrez Colonia / Garza Salinas Colonia neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 88.9% of households. Some people also speak English (10.8%).
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the Garza Gutierrez Colonia / Garza Salinas Colonia neighborhood in Rio Grande City, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (93.2%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (1.2%). In addition, 27.5% 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 Garza Gutierrez Colonia / Garza Salinas Colonia neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (48.4% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (69.4%) 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 (21.5%) and 5.5% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work 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.