Virginia Colony / Fairview median real estate price is $562,812, which is more expensive than 62.0% of the neighborhoods in California and 91.4% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Virginia Colony / Fairview is currently $2,234, based on NeighborhoodScout’s exclusive analysis. The average rental cost in this neighborhood is higher than 77.8% of the neighborhoods in California.
Virginia Colony / Fairview is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Moorpark, California.
Virginia Colony / Fairview 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 Virginia Colony / Fairview 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 Virginia Colony / Fairview are 4.6%, which is lower than one will find in 78.2% of American neighborhoods. Demand for real estate in Virginia Colony / Fairview 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.
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 Virginia Colony / Fairview neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
NOTABLE & UNIQUE: DIVERSITY
Did you know that the Virginia Colony / Fairview neighborhood has more Arab ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It’s true! In fact, 3.5% of this neighborhood’s residents have Arab ancestry.
Virginia Colony / Fairview is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 3.2% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Arabic at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.9% of the neighborhoods in America.
NOTABLE & UNIQUE: PEOPLE
If you’re looking for a great spot to raise a family, then look no further than the Virginia Colony / Fairview neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout’s analysis found that the combination of good quality public schools, above-average safety from crime, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family homes, help make this neighborhood among the top 12.0% of family-friendly neighborhoods across the state of California. In addition, there are a high proportion of other families with school-aged children living here, making it easy for parents and their children to socialize and develop a sense of community support. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools, in part due to the educational attainment of the parents here, who vote in support of the public schools.
NOTABLE & UNIQUE: REAL ESTATE
In addition, most neighborhoods are composed of a mixture of ages of homes, but the Virginia Colony / Fairview 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, 90.5% of the residential real estate here was built in this one time period.
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 Virginia Colony / Fairview 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 86.3% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 3.1% 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 83.3% 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 Virginia Colony / Fairview neighborhood, 39.8% 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 24.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (23.8%), and 11.5% 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 Virginia Colony / Fairview neighborhood in Moorpark, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (24.4%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (14.6%), and residents who report German roots (13.5%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (12.2%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (8.3%), among others. In addition, 13.2% 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 Virginia Colony / Fairview neighborhood is English, spoken by 79.7% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.
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 Virginia Colony / Fairview neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (37.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (83.6%) 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 (13.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.
