Kanan Rd / N Westlake Blvd median real estate price is $1,070,912, which is more expensive than 90.0% of the neighborhoods in California and 98.6% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Kanan Rd / N Westlake Blvd is currently $3,192, based on NeighborhoodScout’s exclusive analysis. The average rental cost in this neighborhood is higher than 97.2% of the neighborhoods in California.
Kanan Rd / N Westlake Blvd is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Thousand Oaks, California.
Kanan Rd / N Westlake Blvd 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 Kanan Rd / N Westlake Blvd 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 Kanan Rd / N Westlake Blvd, the current vacancy rate is 1.5%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 94.2% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in Kanan Rd / N Westlake Blvd is very tight compared to the demand for property here.
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.
NOTABLE & UNIQUE: DIVERSITY
Did you know that the Kanan Rd / N Westlake Blvd neighborhood has more Russian and Hungarian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It’s true! In fact, 7.5% of this neighborhood’s residents have Russian ancestry and 3.6% have Hungarian ancestry.
NOTABLE & UNIQUE: PEOPLE
Wealth makes most things in life easier, and a few things harder. If you are wealthy and enjoy keeping up with the Jones’, this neighborhood will interest you. In fact, according to NeighborhoodScout’s research, the Kanan Rd / N Westlake Blvd neighborhood is wealthier than 96.6% of the neighborhoods in the United States. Residents here are truly in a unique situation even when compared to other Americans, based on the sheer amount of wealth concentrated here. Even in times of economic downturn, residents of this neighborhood, as a group, suffered less and recovered more quickly. This is indeed a stand-out characteristic of this neighborhood.
In addition, if you are planning to retire in California, this neighborhood should be on your must-see list. For many reasons, Kanan Rd / N Westlake Blvd may be considered a retiree’s dream neighborhood. According to NeighborhoodScout’s exclusive analysis and metrics, it’s peaceful and quiet, has above average safety from crime compared to other neighborhoods in California, while also offering a diverse range of housing options. This, along with the vibrant mix of very educated seniors and other age groups who choose to live here, makes the neighborhood more retiree-friendly than 96.5% of neighborhoods in CA. If a California retirement is in your future, this neighborhood should be one of the places you visit. In addition to being an excellent choice for active retirees, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for highly educated executives.
NOTABLE & UNIQUE: REAL ESTATE
In addition, most neighborhoods are composed of a mixture of ages of homes, but the Kanan Rd / N Westlake Blvd stands out as rather unique in having nearly all of its residential real estate built in one time period, namely between 1970 and 1999, generally considered to be established, but not old housing. What you’ll sense when you look around or drive the streets of this neighborhood is that many of the residences look the same because of this similarity of age. In fact, 91.8% of the residential real estate here was built in this one time period.
Furthermore, many people dream of living along a street lined with row houses or other attached homes. Such places do often have an abundance of charm. If you are one of these people, the Kanan Rd / N Westlake Blvd neighborhood could be your paradise. With 39.4% of the homes and real estate here classified as rowhouses or other attached homes, this neighborhood brims with opportunity to find the right place for you. Only 2.0% of U.S. neighborhoods have more row houses than this neighborhood, making it one of the most interesting things about this special neighborhood.
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 Kanan Rd / N Westlake Blvd neighborhood in Thousand Oaks 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 96.6% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 4.4% 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 79.4% 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 Kanan Rd / N Westlake Blvd neighborhood, 59.2% 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 21.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (11.0%), and 8.8% 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 Kanan Rd / N Westlake Blvd neighborhood in Thousand Oaks, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (16.1%). There are also a number of people of Italian ancestry (13.5%), and residents who report German roots (12.4%), and some of the residents are also of Asian ancestry (12.3%), along with some English ancestry residents (11.2%), among others. In addition, 13.4% 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 Kanan Rd / N Westlake Blvd neighborhood is English, spoken by 87.4% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
GETTING TO WORK
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – 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 Kanan Rd / N Westlake Blvd neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (36.2% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (89.5%) 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 (5.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.
