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Mission Hills Neighborhood Overview
Mission Hills is an urban residential community of the San Fernando Valley, within the city of Los Angeles, California. In Mission Hills, there are approximately 28 entry/exit points; no high-rise buildings; properties are a mix of commercial (small/independent stores and businesses), two gas stations, a CVS, a chapel and multi-family homes; appears to be multiple owners.
For real estate prices, Mission Hills median real estate price is $551,542, which is more expensive than 47.7% of the neighborhoods in California and 86.3% of the neighborhoods in the U.S. For car ownership, 36.7% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 98.9% of the neighborhoods in the nation. For diversity, 2.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Armenian ancestry and 2.0% have Lebanese ancestry. For migration, the Mission Hills neighborhood has a greater percentage of residents born in another country (49.6%) than are found in 97.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Partnership Analysis
Mission Hills Christian Church
Mission Hills Christian Church is an inclusive and affirming community of Jesus followers that celebrates people of all gender identities, sexual orientations, religions, ethnicities, and economic classes. The church seeks to make positive commitments to the neighborhood by loving well, pursuing the common good, and seeking the well-being of all people in mission hills.
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Our idea is to make a partnership with Mission Hills Christian Church. Since N.R.A and the church have the same goal to promote the well-being of the neighborhood. We can work together to hold local donation activities.
Schools
There are two schools in Mission Hills neighborhood --- San Jose Street Elementary school (public) and Bishop Alemany High school (private). N.R.A and the schools can work together to design and carry out children’s after-school programs and work training programs.
Security company
N.R.A could make a partnership with Photo-Scan of Los Angeles (PSLA) to provide more advanced surveillance system, access control, fire detection system and intercom system in Mission Hills neighborhood.
Photo-Scan of Los Angeles is a security company which is located in Los Angeles, California has been providing impeccable customer support and commercial security since 1972.
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Grant
Maravilla Foundation's mission is to optimize programs that will ensure energy equity for the underserved communities of Los Angeles and beyond. It envisions a plan to eliminate the barriers for all members of the communities regardless of ethnicity, cultural background, or socioeconomic status. Mission Hills is within Maravilla’s service area.
N.R.A could make a partnership with Maravilla Foundation to improve residents’ living environment in Mission Hills neighborhood. Maravilla Foundation plays an important role in strengthening communities and homes.
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Data Analysis and Visualization
To gain a full-scale understanding of the Mission Hills neighborhood and draw up plans for turnaround, areas including demographic information, crime statistics and overview of children in poverty are selected for data analysis and visualization.
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Demographic Information
In Mission Hills neighborhood, most of the population are older adults (33.78%), followed by young adults (25.93%) and children (20.07%). This neighborhood also has a diverse race distribution. The Racial makeup is Hispanic(65.59%), White(17.34%), Asian(9.53%), Black(1.83%), Mixed(0.94%) and Other(0.77%). Notably, Mission Hills neighborhood has more Armenian and Lebanese ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America. Compared to Los Angeles average, this neighborhood has a larger percentage of Hispanic population, about 1.4 times as much as the city average.
Mission Hills neighborhood has a median household income about $64,536 per year, which is higher compared with LA average ($51,538). For the school enrollment rate, Mission Hills reached its peak at Undergraduate (8.175%) and bottom at Graduate School (0.876%). Compared to Los Angeles, this neighborhood has a lower enrollment rate at Kindergarten, Grades 1-4, and Graduate School. This may result from the age structure difference in these two areas.
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​Crime Statistics
For property crimes in Mission Hills during 2018-2020, burglary/theft from vehicles happened the most, followed by motor vehicle theft, personal/other theft, and burglary happened the least. From 2018 to 2020, the total number of property crimes is decreasing year by year. For violent crimes in Mission Hills during 2018-2020, aggravated assaults happened the most, followed by robbery, rape, and homicide happened the least. From 2018 to 2020, the total number of violent crimes is decreasing year by year.
From the beginning of 2020 till now, for all types of crime happened in Mission Hills, burglary/theft from vehicles happened the most (23%), followed by motor vehicle theft (21%), personal/other theft (15%), and child/spousal abuse (15%). Compared with California and national data in 2018, for the number of crimes per 100k people, Mission Hills is the lowest and California is higher than the national rate.
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Overview of Children in Poverty
For children in Mission Hills, 12.2% of 5-year-old children and their families under the poverty line. It’s much higher than other ages’ poverty rate. For students in Mission Hills, undergraduate students have the highest poverty rate (10.8%), followed by elementary students (10.7%), students in nursery school (8.2%), high school students (8.0%) and middle school students (4.4%). Few graduate students are in poverty (0.0%).
In Mission Hills, 29% of children are in poverty. It’s more than 1.7 times the rate in California (17%) and more than 1.6 times the rate in United States (18%). In Los Angeles City, Hispanic/Latino children in poverty are the most (31.1%), followed by African American/Black children (30.5%), Asian American children (14.5%), multiracial children (11.3%), white children (7.3%) and other racial children (5.3%).
