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Real Estate Prices & Overview

Del Mar Heights median real estate price is $383,276, which is more expensive than 68.0% of the neighborhoods in Texas and 51.0% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.

The average rental price in Del Mar Heights is currently $1,259, based on 蘑菇视频's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 84.8% of Texas neighborhoods.

Del Mar Heights is a remote neighborhood (based on population density) located in Los Fresnos, Texas. This is a coastal neighborhood (i.e., is on the ocean, a bay, or inlet).

Del Mar Heights 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 occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Many of the residences in the Del Mar Heights neighborhood are newer, built in 2000 or more recently. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.

Del Mar Heights has a 11.6% vacancy rate, which is well above average compared to other U.S. neighborhoods (higher than 69.1% of American neighborhoods). Most vacant housing here is vacant year round. This could either signal that there is a weak demand for real estate in the neighborhood or that large amount of new housing has been built and not yet occupied. Either way, if you live here, you may find many of the homes or apartments are empty.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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 Los Fresnos, the Del Mar Heights neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

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Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 27 residents per square mile, Del Mar Heights is less crowded than 93.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods. Do you like a coastal setting? If so, this neighborhood may be to your liking. The Del Mar Heights neighborhood is on the ocean, a bay, or inlet. Often such coastal places have amenities and recreational activities on the waterfront that are attractive to residents and visitors alike. In addition to being coastal, Del Mar Heights is a very nautical neighborhood, meaning that it is somewhat historic, walkable, densely populated and on the water. This gives the neighborhood a very nautical feel, with some seaside and shipping feel, which some may really enjoy the sights and sounds of.

Occupations

It used to be that most Americans lived on the farm, or otherwise made their living from the land, the forests, or the sea. With global trade and an economy increasingly based on providing services to one another, fewer people farm, fish or harvest timber now than at any time in American history. But according to 蘑菇视频's leading analysis, the Del Mar Heights neighborhood stands apart from most American neighborhood due to the proportion of its residents still working in these fields. With 4.6% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 96.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.

People

蘑菇视频's analysis shows that the Del Mar Heights neighborhood has a greater concentration of residents currently enrolled in college than 96.5% of the neighborhoods in the U.S. With 13.1% of the population here attending college, this is very much a college-focused neighborhood.

In addition, single parenting is hard. But you don't have to tell the Del Mar Heights neighborhood about it; they already know. 17.4% of this neighborhood's households are run by single mothers, which is a higher concentration than 蘑菇视频 found in 95.2% of American neighborhoods. Further 蘑菇视频 research showed strong statistical correlations among high rates of children living in single parent households, and neighborhood crime, particularly violent crime, neighborhood poverty, and, importantly, the percentage of low weight births and rates of infant mortality.

Modes of Transportation

In the Del Mar Heights neighborhood, carpooling is still a popular way to get to and from work. 蘑菇视频's analysis reveals that 22.7% of commuters carpool here, which is more than in 95.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the Del Mar Heights neighborhood has more Mexican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 80.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry.

Del Mar Heights is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 60.9% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 95.9% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

The Neighbors

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 Del Mar Heights neighborhood in Los Fresnos are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. 蘑菇视频's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 82.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 43.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 91.2% 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 Del Mar Heights neighborhood, 41.4% 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 25.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (14.5%), and 14.3% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the Del Mar Heights neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 60.9% of households. Some people also speak English (39.1%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture 鈥� our learned behavior 鈥� 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 Del Mar Heights neighborhood in Los Fresnos, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (80.3%). In addition, 22.3% 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 Del Mar Heights neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (36.0% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (61.2%) 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 (22.7%) and 6.5% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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