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 Moorpark, the Epworth neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

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 0.1% of America’s neighborhoods are wealthier than the Epworth 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.

In addition, according to NeighborhoodScout’s exclusive analysis, Epworth is among the best neighborhoods for families in California. In fact, this neighborhood is more family-friendly than 96.7% 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 Epworth neighborhood. In addition to being an excellent choice for families with school-aged children, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for highly educated executives and urban sophisticates.

NOTABLE & UNIQUE: DIVERSITY

Did you know that the Epworth neighborhood has more Armenian and Scottish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It’s true! In fact, 2.4% of this neighborhood’s residents have Armenian ancestry and 6.1% have Scottish ancestry.

Epworth is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 2.1% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Gujarati, which is native to the Indian state of Gujarat, at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.8% of the neighborhoods in America.

NOTABLE & UNIQUE: MIGRATION / STABILITY

The freedom of moving to new places versus the comfort of home. How much and how often people move not only can create diverse and worldly neighborhoods, but simultaneously it can produce a loss of intimacy with one’s surroundings and a lack of connectedness to one’s neighbors. Neighborhood Scout’s exclusive research has identified this neighborhood as unique with regard to the transience of its populace. More residents of the Epworth neighborhood live here today that also were living in this same neighborhood five years ago than is found in 97.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. This neighborhood is really made up of people who know each other, don’t move often, and have lived here in this very neighborhood for quite a while.

NOTABLE & UNIQUE: CAR OWNERSHIP

We Americans love our cars. Not only are they a necessity for most Americans due to the shape of our neighborhoods and the distances between where we live, work, shop, and go to school, but we also fancy them. As a result, most households in America have one, two, or three cars. But NeighborhoodScout’s exclusive analysis shows that the Epworth neighborhood has a highly unusual pattern of car ownership. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout’s Analysis reveals that 39.6% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 95.5% of the neighborhoods in the nation.

NOTABLE & UNIQUE: REAL ESTATE

In addition, with a real estate vacancy rate of only 0.0%, the Epworth neighborhood has a lower vacancy rate than 100.0% of U.S. neighborhoods, a very elite group. Such a low vacancy rate may indicate very strong real estate demand in the neighborhood combined with some impediments to increasing supply, such as zoning or existing density of development, among other potential reasons.

Furthermore, one way that the Epworth neighborhood really stands out, is that it has more large 4, 5, or additional bedroom homes and real estate than 97.1% 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.

Also of note, homes built from 2000 through today make up a higher proportion of the Epworth neighborhood’s real estate landscape than 96.6% of the neighborhoods in America. When you are driving around this neighborhood, you’ll notice right away that it is one of the newest built of any, with the smell of fresh paint, and the look of young landscaping nearly everywhere you look. In fact, 54.3% of the residential real estate here is classified as newer.

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 Epworth neighborhood in Moorpark 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 99.9% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 6.4% 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 73.8% 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 Epworth neighborhood, 46.9% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 19.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.2%), and 14.0% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.

THE NEIGHBORS: ETHNICITY / ANCESTRY

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 Epworth neighborhood in Moorpark, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (25.6%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (12.8%), and residents who report English roots (11.9%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (9.5%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (9.0%), among others. In addition, 19.6% 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 Epworth neighborhood is English, spoken by 67.9% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, South Asian languages and Gujarati (native to the Indian state of Gujarat).

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 Epworth neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (35.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (85.9%) 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 (11.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.