Fays Corner / Las Haciendas Colonia median real estate price is $128,144, which is less expensive than 87.9% of Texas neighborhoods and 91.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
The average rental price in Fays Corner / Las Haciendas Colonia is currently $1,146, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 90.9% of Texas neighborhoods.
Fays Corner / Las Haciendas Colonia is a rural neighborhood (based on population density) located in Pharr, Texas.
Fays Corner / Las Haciendas Colonia real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to small (studio to two bedroom) single-family homes and apartment complexes/high-rise apartments. Most of the residential real estate is owner occupied. Many of the residences in the Fays Corner / Las Haciendas Colonia 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 Fays Corner / Las Haciendas Colonia are 4.5%, which is lower than one will find in 68.8% of American neighborhoods. Demand for real estate in Fays Corner / Las Haciendas Colonia 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.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Single parenting is hard. But you don't have to tell the Fays Corner / Las Haciendas Colonia neighborhood about it; they already know. 31.5% of this neighborhood's households are run by single mothers, which is a higher concentration than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.6% of American neighborhoods. Further NeighborhoodScout 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.
In addition, one of the unique characteristics of the Fays Corner / Las Haciendas Colonia neighborhood revealed by analysis is that the per capita income of residents here is lower than that found in 98.0% of the neighborhoods in America. Also of note, 75.5% of the children in this area live in poverty; an extraordinarily high percentage compared to other neighborhoods in the nation. In a nation where approximately one in four children grows up in poverty, this neighborhood stands out for the depth of the problem manifested here.
From major sales accounts to fast-food workers, sales and service employees are often the backbone of the local economy. In the Fays Corner / Las Haciendas Colonia neighborhood, they truly stand out. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis identifies this neighborhood as having a higher percentage of sales and service workers than 95.0% of all American neighborhoods.
Did you know that the Fays Corner / Las Haciendas Colonia neighborhood has more Mexican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 93.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry.
Fays Corner / Las Haciendas Colonia is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 93.8% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 99.8% 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 Fays Corner / Las Haciendas Colonia neighborhood in Pharr are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 98.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 75.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 99.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the Fays Corner / Las Haciendas Colonia neighborhood, 37.3% 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 clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 22.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (20.3%), and 20.2% in executive, management, and professional occupations.
The most common language spoken in the Fays Corner / Las Haciendas Colonia neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 93.8% of households. Some people also speak English (6.2%).
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 Fays Corner / Las Haciendas Colonia neighborhood in Pharr, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (93.8%). There are also a number of people of Puerto Rican ancestry (4.0%). In addition, 30.9% 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 Fays Corner / Las Haciendas Colonia neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (39.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (66.0%) 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 (17.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.