About Austin, TX (Pleasant Valley South) Real Estate Prices and Overview Pleasant Valley South median real estate price is $385,473, which is more expensive than 69.6% of the neighborhoods in Texas and 52.1% of the neighborhoods in the U.S. The average rental price in Pleasant Valley South is currently $1,770, based on 蘑菇视频's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 49.5% of Texas neighborhoods. Pleasant Valley South is an urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Austin, Texas. Pleasant Valley South 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 small apartment buildings. Most of the residential real estate is renter occupied. Many of the residences in the Pleasant Valley South neighborhood are newer, built in 2000 or more recently. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999. Home and apartment vacancy rates are 7.5% in Pleasant Valley South. 蘑菇视频 analysis shows that this rate is lower than 49.6% of the neighborhoods in the nation, approximately near the middle range for vacancies. Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics Notable & Unique: People Of note is 蘑菇视频's research finding that the Pleasant Valley South neighborhood has some of the lowest rates of children living in poverty of any neighborhood in the United States. In a nation where approximately 1 in 4 children are living in poverty, the Pleasant Valley South community truly stands out from the rest in this regard. In addition, one of the most interesting things about the Pleasant Valley South neighborhood is that it has a greater concentration of residents who live alone than most all neighborhoods in America. With 50.3% of the households here made up of people living alone, 蘑菇视频's research reveals that this is a larger proportion of people living alone than in 95.5% of the neighborhoods in America. Notable & Unique: Real Estate 92.8% of the real estate in the Pleasant Valley South neighborhood is occupied by renters, which is nearly the highest rate of renter occupancy of any neighborhood in America. In addition, the Pleasant Valley South neighborhood is very unique in that it has one of the highest proportions of one, two, or no bedroom real estate of any neighborhood in America. Most neighborhoods have a mixture of home or apartment sizes from small to large, but here the concentration of studios and other small living spaces is at near-record heights. With 86.3% of the real estate here of this small size, this most assuredly is a notable feature that makes this neighborhood unique, along with just a handful of other neighborhoods in the U.S. that share this characteristic. Furthermore, the real estate in the Pleasant Valley South neighborhood really stands out in the way it looks for a unique reason: this neighborhood has a higher proportion of apartment complexes or high-rise apartments than nearly every neighborhood in the country. Most neighborhoods are a mixture of real estate and housing types, but here it is almost entirely dominated by big apartment buildings and complexes. In fact, 75.9% of the real estate here is classified as apartment complexes or high-rise apartments, which is more than is found in 96.1% of American neighborhoods. Notable & Unique: Migration / Stability Do you like to be surrounded by people from all over the country or world, with different perspectives and life experiences? Or do you instead prefer to be in a neighborhood where most residents have lived there for a long time, creating a sense of cohesiveness? 蘑菇视频's analysis reveals that this neighborhood stands out among American neighborhoods for the uniqueness of the mobility of its residents. In the Pleasant Valley South neighborhood, a greater proportion of the residents living here today did not live here five years ago than is found in 98.1% of U.S. Neighborhoods. This neighborhood, more than almost any other in America, has new residents from other areas. The Neighbors: Income 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 Pleasant Valley South neighborhood in Austin are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. 蘑菇视频's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 44.3% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.0% 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 100.0% of America'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 Pleasant Valley South neighborhood, 39.1% 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 manufacturing and laborer occupations (22.7%), and 9.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations. The Neighbors: Languages The most common language spoken in the Pleasant Valley South neighborhood is English, spoken by 59.8% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (31.5%). 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 Pleasant Valley South neighborhood in Austin, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (34.7%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (7.3%), and residents who report German roots (7.2%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (4.9%), along with some Sub-Saharan African ancestry residents (3.7%), among others. In addition, 31.3% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country. Getting to Work How you get to work 鈥� car, bus, train or other means 鈥� 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 Pleasant Valley South neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (51.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans. Here most residents (68.3%) 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 (11.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.