Sunshine Estates median real estate price is $206,091, which is less expensive than 70.5% of Texas neighborhoods and 79.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
The average rental price in Sunshine Estates is currently $1,322, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 80.7% of Texas neighborhoods.
Sunshine Estates is an urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in San Antonio, Texas.
Sunshine Estates 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 occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Many of the residences in the Sunshine Estates neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.
In Sunshine Estates, the current vacancy rate is 2.7%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 81.1% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in Sunshine Estates 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 San Antonio, the Sunshine Estates neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Astoundingly, the Sunshine Estates neighborhood has one of the highest concentrations of divorcees living here than of any neighborhood, a higher concentration than NeighborhoodScout found in 97.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. This may be because people living here divorce more often than others, or that divorced people move here after they become divorced. If you are divorced, you will be in good company in this particular San Antonio neighborhood.
Did you know that the Sunshine Estates neighborhood has more Mexican and French ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 64.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry and 7.0% have French ancestry.
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 Sunshine Estates neighborhood in San Antonio are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 90.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 7.9% 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 55.4% 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 Sunshine Estates neighborhood, 35.5% 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 27.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (18.9%), and 18.3% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The most common language spoken in the Sunshine Estates neighborhood is English, spoken by 56.6% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (43.4%).
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 Sunshine Estates neighborhood in San Antonio, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (64.1%). There are also a number of people of French ancestry (7.0%), and residents who report German roots (6.8%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (4.7%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (3.5%), among others.
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 Sunshine Estates neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (59.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (67.8%) 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 (5.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.