About Costa Mesa, CA (Harbor Gateway District) Real Estate Prices and Overview Harbor Gateway District median real estate price is $1,237,723, which is more expensive than 72.2% of the neighborhoods in California and 93.9% of the neighborhoods in the U.S. The average rental price in Harbor Gateway District is currently $4,853, based on 蘑菇视频's exclusive analysis. The average rental cost in this neighborhood is higher than 86.1% of the neighborhoods in California. Harbor Gateway District is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Costa Mesa, California. Harbor Gateway District real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to large (four, five or more bedroom) single-family homes and apartment complexes/high-rise apartments. Most of the residential real estate is occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Many of the residences in the Harbor Gateway District neighborhood are established but not old, having been built between 1970 and 1999. A number of residences were also built between 1940 and 1969. Real estate vacancies in Harbor Gateway District are 5.3%, which is lower than one will find in 63.1% of American neighborhoods. Demand for real estate in Harbor Gateway District 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. Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics Notable & Unique: Real Estate Most neighborhoods are composed of a mixture of ages of homes, but the Harbor Gateway District 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, 81.3% of the residential real estate here was built in this one time period. Notable & Unique: Diversity Did you know that the Harbor Gateway District neighborhood has more Romanian and Lebanese ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Romanian ancestry and 1.4% have Lebanese ancestry. Harbor Gateway District is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 7.3% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Vietnamese at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.0% of the neighborhoods in America. The Neighbors: Income 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. 蘑菇视频's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood. The neighbors in the Harbor Gateway District neighborhood in Costa Mesa are wealthy, making it among the 15% highest income neighborhoods in America. 蘑菇视频's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 89.2% of the neighborhoods in America. With 13.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 57.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. The Neighbors: Occupations 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 Harbor Gateway District neighborhood, 47.4% 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 28.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (13.0%), and 10.7% in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The Neighbors: Languages The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the Harbor Gateway District neighborhood is English, spoken by 64.4% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Vietnamese and Chinese. The Neighbors: 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 Harbor Gateway District neighborhood in Costa Mesa, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (20.4%). There are also a number of people of Asian ancestry (19.3%), and residents who report German roots (9.8%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (9.4%), along with some English ancestry residents (8.8%), among others. In addition, 19.8% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country. 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 Harbor Gateway District neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (38.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans. Here most residents (74.7%) 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 (9.3%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.