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 S La Cholla Blvd / W Starr Pass Blvd neighborhood in Tucson are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood.
NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower
than 74.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.
With 38.7% of the children here below the federal poverty
line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 81.9%
of U.S. neighborhoods.
The Neighbors: Occupations
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has
a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about
the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the S La Cholla Blvd / W Starr Pass Blvd neighborhood, 35.0% 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 24.1% of the residents employed.
Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations
(20.5%), and 20.4% in executive, management, and professional 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 S La Cholla Blvd / W Starr Pass Blvd neighborhood in Tucson, AZ, residents
most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (66.2%).
There are also a number of people of Sub-Saharan African
ancestry (4.4%), and residents who report Italian roots
(4.0%), and some of the residents are also of Irish
ancestry (3.6%), along with some French ancestry residents
(3.6%), among others. In addition, 18.6% of the residents of this neighborhood were
born in another country.
The Neighbors: Languages
The most common language spoken in the S La Cholla Blvd / W Starr Pass Blvd
neighborhood is English, spoken by 56.5% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (41.5%).