Harden Ranch West median real estate price is $898,992, which is more expensive than 53.8% of the neighborhoods in California and 88.2% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Harden Ranch West is currently $3,570, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. The average rental cost in this neighborhood is higher than 62.0% of the neighborhoods in California.
Harden Ranch West is a densely urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Salinas, California.
Harden Ranch West 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 single-family homes. Most of the residential real estate is renter occupied. Many of the residences in the Harden Ranch West 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.
Real estate vacancies in Harden Ranch West are 4.1%, which is lower than one will find in 72.9% of American neighborhoods. Demand for real estate in Harden Ranch West 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 Salinas, the Harden Ranch West neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
In the Harden Ranch West neighborhood, carpooling is still a popular way to get to and from work. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that 26.6% of commuters carpool here, which is more than in 97.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Most neighborhoods are composed of a mixture of ages of homes, but the Harden Ranch West stands out as rather unique in having nearly all of its residential real estate built in one time period, namely between 1970 and 1999, generally considered to be established, but not old housing. What you'll sense when you look around or drive the streets of this neighborhood is that many of the residences look the same because of this similarity of age. In fact, 81.2% of the residential real estate here was built in this one time period.
Did you know that the Harden Ranch West neighborhood has more Mexican and Swiss ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 77.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry and 1.6% have Swiss ancestry.
Harden Ranch West is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 62.5% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 96.2% 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 Harden Ranch West neighborhood in Salinas are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 64.0% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 9.8% 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 51.2% of America'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 Harden Ranch West neighborhood, 29.7% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer 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 27.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (21.9%), and 19.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the Harden Ranch West neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 62.5% of households. Some people also speak English (33.8%).
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 Harden Ranch West neighborhood in Salinas, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (77.8%). There are also a number of people of Asian ancestry (7.8%), and residents who report Spanish roots (2.1%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (1.9%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (1.9%), among others. In addition, 31.7% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
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 Harden Ranch West neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (45.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (70.1%) 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 (26.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.