12944 Brandon Coates Dr, Orlando
Orange County Real Estate - Christmas
Christmas is in East Central Florida. It's population as recorded in the 2010 Census was 1,146. Christmas is approximately 22 miles from Orlando (population 238,300) and around 29 miles from Deltona (population 85,182). Christmas gets its name from a fort that was established here on December 25, 1837
As white settlers moved into Florida in the 1820's and 1830's, there were demands for the Seminole Indians to be moved from Florida to a reservation west of the Mississippi. Efforts to convince the Seminoles to move failed and resulted in a conflict known as the Second Seminole War. Fort Christmas was a staging area for a move to carry the fighting to south Florida during the war.
The Fort Christmas Historical Park features a full size replica of Fort Christmas and seven restored historical homes preserve the 'Cracker' architecture of East Orange County. The houses to show pioneer life from the 1870s through the 1930s. Key themes are homesteading, cattle, citrus, hunting, fishing and trapping. The Fort Christmas Historical Society and Orange County Parks and Recreation Division hold a "Cracker Christmas" event in early December (typically the first weekend) each year.
The median age for residents of Christmas is 41. Around 34.8% of Christmas households include school aged children and 25.3% of households include individuals aged 65 years or over. Census records indicate 95.7% of the Christmas population are White, .9% are Black or African American, .3% American Indian, .3% Asian and 1.4% are Two or more Races.
There are 492 housing units in Christmas. 70 (14.2%) of these were reported as vacant in the 2010 Census. There are 99 residential rental units in Christmas. 84 of them were occupied in 2010 providing a residential rental vacancy rate of 12.1%.
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Orange County
Orange County is part of the East Central Florida region along with Brevard, Volusia, Sumter, Seminole, Lake, and Osceola Counties. With a population over 1.1 million, Orange is the fifth most populous county in Florida. Incorporated municipalities include Apopka, Bay Lake, Belle Isle, Edgewood, Lake Buena Vista, Maitland, Ocoee, Orlando, Winter Garden, Winter Park, Eatonville, Oakland, and Windermere.
Orlando is Orange County's largest city and is home to many of the country's most popular theme parks, making tourism the county's primary industry. Other main industries for Orange County are life sciences & health care resources; modeling, simulation & training resources; optics & photonics resources; and clean technology. Orange County's largest private sector employers are Walt Disney World, Adventist Health Systems, Universal Orlando, Orlando Health, and Busch Entertainment Corp. Top public sector employers are Orange County Public Schools, Greater Orlando Aviation Authority, Orange County Government, and The University of Central Florida.
For many in the United States and across the world, Orlando is synonymous with the Walt Disney World Resort. Indeed, Disney produced a study indicating that the resort and businesses associated with it were responsible for an $18 billion economic impact, 2.5% of the GDP of the state of Florida. The Greater Orlando area also hosts the Universal Orlando theme parks, each of which features a Harry Potter-themed section. In addition, numerous tourist attractions exist, mostly catering to a family audience, such as miniature golf courses, arcades, and amusement parks.
Greater Orlando has a business side, too. Orange County is also home to the University of Central Florida, which is the second largest public university in the country at approximately 60,000 students. UCF has a partnership with the Central Florida Research Park, the seventh-largest research park in the country, located next close to the university. Orlando is an important city for the military, including pilot training with its varied flight simulators and production facilities. Madden NFL Football, the most popular video game franchise in the country, is created in Orlando by Electronic Arts.
As its name implies, rural Orange County is a center of citrus production. Much of the land is given over to orange groves. Apopka hosts a Minute Maid juice flavoring plant.
Neighboring Properties
| Address | Type | Sq Ft | Class | |
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| 12940 Brandon Coates Dr | Single Family | 0 | C | |
| 12948 Brandon Coates Dr | Single Family | 0 | C | |
| 12936 Brandon Coates Dr | Single Family | 0 | C | |
| 12952 Brandon Coates Dr | Single Family | 0 | C | |
| 3650 Avalon Park East Bl | Vacant Commercial | 0 | L | |
| 12942 Cats Claw Ln | Single Family | 0 | C | |
| 12932 Brandon Coates Dr | Single Family | 0 | C | |
| 12938 Cats Claw Ln | Single Family | 0 | C | |
| 12946 Cats Claw Ln | Single Family | 0 | C | |
| 12956 Brandon Coates Dr | Single Family | 0 | C | |
| 12934 Cats Claw Ln | Single Family | 0 | C | |
| 12950 Cats Claw Ln | Single Family | 2,066 | C |
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| 12930 Cats Claw Ln | Single Family | 0 | C | |
| 12960 Brandon Coates Dr | Single Family | 0 | C | |
| 12954 Cats Claw Ln | Single Family | 1,884 | C |
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| 3701 Avalon Park West Bl | Professional service building | 47,106 | A |
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| 12958 Cats Claw Ln | Single Family | 1,872 | C |
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| 12964 Brandon Coates Dr | Single Family | 0 | C | |
| 12962 Cats Claw Ln | Single Family | 1,884 | C |
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| 12968 Brandon Coates Dr | Single Family | 0 | C | |
| 12966 Cats Claw Ln | Single Family | 2,066 | C |
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| 0 Sweet Birch Dr | Undefined - Reserved for Use by Department of Revenue | 0 | L | |
| 12001 Avalon Lake Dr | Multi-family - 10 units or more | 131,647 | B |
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| 3720 Avalon Park East Bl | Office building, non-professional service building, multi-story | 2,592 | A |
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| 3716 Avalon Park East Bl | Office building, non-professional service building, multi-story | 2,244 | A |
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| 3724 Avalon Park East Bl | Office building, non-professional service building, multi-story | 2,248 | A |
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| 3712 Avalon Park East Bl | Office building, non-professional service building, multi-story | 2,554 | A |
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| 3728 Avalon Park East Bl | Office building, non-professional service building, multi-story | 2,246 | A |
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| 3708 Avalon Park East Bl | Office building, non-professional service building, multi-story | 2,554 | A |
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| 3732 Avalon Park East Bl | Office building, non-professional service building, multi-story | 2,246 | A |
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| 3704 Avalon Park East Bl | Store, one story | 2,554 | B |
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| 3736 Avalon Park East Bl | Office building, non-professional service building, multi-story | 2,592 | A |
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| 3740 Avalon Park East Bl | Office building, non-professional service building, multi-story | 2,592 | A |
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| 3744 Avalon Park East Bl | Office building, non-professional service building, multi-story | 2,593 | A |
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| 0 Avalon Park East Blvd | Vacant Commercial | 0 | L | |
| 0 Avalon Park West Blvd | Professional service building | 13,442 | B |
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| 3680 Avalon Park East Bl | Office building, non-professional service building, multi-story | 40,288 | B |
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| 0 Avalon Park East Blvd | Vacant Commercial | 0 | L | |
| 3625 Avalon Park West Bl | Vacant Commercial | 0 | L | |
| 3662 Avalon Park East Bl | Office building, non-professional service building, multi-story | 23,948 | B |
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Local Household Income
The median household income in this part of Florida is $64,858. The bottom 10% of the population earn less than $21,057 per year. The top 10% earn more than $146,103 per year. The top 1% earn more than $401,807 per year. Most renters earn between $33,468 (20th percentile) and $55,344 (80th percentile) per year. Someone earning the median household income in this area is likely to qualify for a mortgage between $129,716 and $162,145.
Source: US Census American Community Survey - 2008-2012 ACS 5-year PUMS estimates
Local Rents
The median monthly rent in this part of Florida is $1,092. Most renters earn between $2,789 and $4,612 per month. They typically spend 34% of their monthly income on rent. Most rents fall in the $877 (20th percentile) to $1,461 (80th percentile) range. The residential vacancy rate is 6%.
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