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Arbuckle, CA

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Overview

Arbuckle is a very small town located in the state of California. With a population of 3,484 people and just one neighborhood, Arbuckle is the 580th largest community in California. Much of the housing stock in Arbuckle was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Arbuckle economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Arbuckle, where the median household income is $86,942.00.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Arbuckle is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 56.60% of the Arbuckle workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Arbuckle is a town of farmers, fishers, or foresters, production and manufacturing workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Arbuckle who work in farm management occupations (23.87%), management occupations (10.87%), and food service (6.02%).

Another important characteristic of Arbuckle is that a lot of people work in agricultural jobs, especially compared to most other communities in America, and there are quite a number of farms in town.

Setting & Lifestyle

Arbuckle is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Demographics

In Arbuckle, just 9.45% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.

The per capita income in Arbuckle in 2022 was $28,913, which is lower middle income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $115,652 for a family of four. However, Arbuckle contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Arbuckle is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Arbuckle home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Arbuckle, accounting for 76.66% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Arbuckle residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Arbuckle include Irish, English, German, Italian, and Scottish.

Arbuckle also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 39.02%.

The most common language spoken in Arbuckle is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Polish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

Occupations

It used to be that most Americans lived on the farm, or otherwise made their living from the land, the forests, or the sea. With global trade and an economy increasingly based on providing services to one another, fewer people farm, fish or harvest timber now than at any time in American history. But according to NeighborhoodScout's leading analysis, the neighborhood stands apart from most American neighborhood due to the proportion of its residents still working in these fields. With 15.6% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 99.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Real Estate

This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 25 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 93.8% of America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Mexican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 61.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry.

Migration / Stability

Do you like to be surrounded by people from all over the country or world, with different perspectives and life experiences? Or do you instead prefer to be in a neighborhood where most residents have lived there for a long time, creating a sense of cohesiveness? NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that this neighborhood stands out among American neighborhoods for the uniqueness of the mobility of its residents. More residents of the neighborhood live here today that also were living in this same neighborhood five years ago than is found in 96.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. This neighborhood is really made up of people who know each other, don't move often, and have lived here in this very neighborhood for quite a while.

The Neighbors

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 neighborhood in Arbuckle are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 59.4% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 1.7% 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 75.7% of America's neighborhoods.

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 neighborhood, 32.0% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 31.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in farming, forestry, or commercial fishing (15.6%), and 13.9% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 51.8% of households. Some people also speak English (48.2%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Arbuckle, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (61.6%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (7.0%), and residents who report English roots (6.6%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (5.5%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (2.0%), among others. In addition, 28.8% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (41.3% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (79.1%) 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 (13.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.

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