Plano / Ponca median real estate price is $258,701, which is less expensive than 97.2% of California neighborhoods and 67.6% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
The average rental price in Plano / Ponca is currently $1,297, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 98.9% of California neighborhoods.
Plano / Ponca is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Porterville, California.
Plano / Ponca 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 Plano / Ponca neighborhood are established but not old, having been built between 1970 and 1999. A number of residences were also built between 2000 and the present.
In Plano / Ponca, the current vacancy rate is 0.0%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 100.0% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in Plano / Ponca is very tight compared to the demand for property here.
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 Porterville, the Plano / Ponca neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
With a real estate vacancy rate of only 0.0%, the Plano / Ponca neighborhood has a lower vacancy rate than 100.0% of U.S. neighborhoods, a very elite group. Such a low vacancy rate may indicate very strong real estate demand in the neighborhood combined with some impediments to increasing supply, such as zoning or existing density of development, among other potential reasons.
In addition, the real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 97.7% of all neighborhoods in America, with 39.5% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.
Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the Plano / Ponca neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 99.8% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
In the Plano / Ponca neighborhood, carpooling is still a popular way to get to and from work. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that 23.1% of commuters carpool here, which is more than in 95.9% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research revealed that 93.3% of the adult residents in the Plano / Ponca neighborhood do not have a 4-year college degree, which is a lower rate of college graduated adults than found in 95.6% of the neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the Plano / Ponca neighborhood has more Mexican and Russian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 79.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry and 4.4% have Russian ancestry.
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 Plano / Ponca neighborhood in Porterville are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 84.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 17.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 65.2% of U.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 Plano / Ponca neighborhood, 25.3% of the working population is employed in farming, forestry, or commercial fishing. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 23.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.4%), and 16.9% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The most common language spoken in the Plano / Ponca neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 54.2% of households. Some people also speak English (44.3%).
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 Plano / Ponca neighborhood in Porterville, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (79.8%). There are also a number of people of Russian ancestry (4.4%), and residents who report Asian roots (2.9%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (1.7%), along with some Spanish ancestry residents (1.5%), among others. In addition, 27.0% 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 Plano / Ponca neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (29.4% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (75.1%) 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 (23.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.