Alamo St / Sycamore Dr median real estate price is $699,659, which is more expensive than 72.7% of the neighborhoods in California and 94.8% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Alamo St / Sycamore Dr is currently $2,974, based on NeighborhoodScout’s exclusive analysis. The average rental cost in this neighborhood is higher than 95.4% of the neighborhoods in California.
Alamo St / Sycamore Dr is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Simi Valley, California.
Alamo St / Sycamore Dr real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to large (four, five or more bedroom) single-family homes and townhomes. Most of the residential real estate is owner occupied. Many of the residences in the Alamo St / Sycamore Dr 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.
In Alamo St / Sycamore Dr, the current vacancy rate is 1.4%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 94.5% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in Alamo St / Sycamore Dr is very tight compared to the demand for property here.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout’s exclusive exploration and analysis.
NOTABLE & UNIQUE: PEOPLE
If you come to know the people here, you will recognize that you’re in the company of one of the wealthiest communities in the nation. In fact, a mere 4.8% of America’s neighborhoods are wealthier than the Alamo St / Sycamore Dr neighborhood. Real estate here is exceedingly well-maintained, and similarly, tends to maintain its value over time. The cars driven are mostly luxury brands like Mercedes, Audi, BMW, and Lexus. If the public schools aren’t up to snuff, the residents of this neighborhood preferentially send their children to private preparatory schools. Vacation to Disney? Yes, but equally popular are summers in Europe. As one would expect in a considerably wealthy neighborhood such as this, Alamo St / Sycamore Dr also has one of the lowest ratings of child poverty in the nation.
In addition, astoundingly, NeighborhoodScout’s research reveals that this single neighborhood has a higher concentration of married couples living here than 98.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods. Whether they have school-aged children or not, married couples are the rule in the Alamo St / Sycamore Dr neighborhood. If you are a married couple, you may find many people here with a similar lifestyle, and perhaps common interests. But if you are single, you might not find many other singles here.
Also, according to NeighborhoodScout’s exclusive analysis, Alamo St / Sycamore Dr is among the best neighborhoods for families in California. In fact, this neighborhood is more family-friendly than 96.4% of neighborhoods in the entire state of California. Its combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes gives this area the look and feel of a “Leave It to Beaver” episode. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a strong sense of community. In addition, the high number of college-educated parents influences the academic success of the local schools. Overall, you will find all of the amenities a family needs to thrive in the Alamo St / Sycamore Dr neighborhood. In addition to being an excellent choice for families with school-aged children, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for urban sophisticates and highly educated executives.
NOTABLE & UNIQUE: DIVERSITY
Did you know that the Alamo St / Sycamore Dr neighborhood has more Iranian and Romanian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It’s true! In fact, 1.3% of this neighborhood’s residents have Iranian ancestry and 1.0% have Romanian ancestry.
Alamo St / Sycamore Dr is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 1.3% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Persian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.3% of the neighborhoods in America.
NOTABLE & UNIQUE: LENGTH OF COMMUTE
Regardless of the means by which residents commute, this neighborhood has a length of commute that is notable. Long commutes can be brutal. They take time, money, and energy, leaving less of you for yourself and your family. The residents of the Alamo St / Sycamore Dr neighborhood unfortunately have the distinction of having, on average, a longer commute than most any neighborhood in America. 9.4% of commuters here travel more than one hour just one-way to work. That is more than two hours per day. This percentage with two-hour + round-trip commutes is higher than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.8% of all neighborhoods in America.
NOTABLE & UNIQUE: REAL ESTATE
In addition, one way that the Alamo St / Sycamore Dr neighborhood really stands out, is that it has more large 4, 5, or additional bedroom homes and real estate than 97.9% of the neighborhoods in America. When you walk or drive around this neighborhood, you’ll instantly notice the size of the homes here which definitely makes a strong visual statement.
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. NeighborhoodScout’s analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the Alamo St / Sycamore Dr neighborhood in Simi Valley are wealthy, making it among the 15% highest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout’s exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 95.2% 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 99.9% of America’s neighborhoods.
THE NEIGHBORS: OCCUPATIONS
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 Alamo St / Sycamore Dr neighborhood, 55.8% 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 23.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (10.8%), and 9.5% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
THE NEIGHBORS: ETHNICITY / ANCESTRY
Boston’s Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn’s Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles’ Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the Alamo St / Sycamore Dr neighborhood in Simi Valley, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Asian (18.0%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (16.0%), and residents who report Irish roots (13.5%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (10.2%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (9.5%), among others. In addition, 18.6% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
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 Alamo St / Sycamore Dr neighborhood is English, spoken by 75.0% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, South Asian languages and Chinese.
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 Alamo St / Sycamore Dr neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (25.0% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods. However, there is also a significant group of residents (9.4%) who commute over an hour in each direction.
Here most residents (90.5%) 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 (6.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.
