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    Fort Dick, CA

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    Overview


    Fort Dick is a tiny coastal town (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of California. With a population of 912 people and just one neighborhood, Fort Dick is the 766th largest community in California.

    Occupations and Workforce

    Unlike some towns, Fort Dick isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Fort Dick are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Fort Dick is a town of professionals, managers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fort Dick who work in management occupations (13.32%), art, media, and design (10.87%), and farm management occupations (9.51%).

    Of important note, Fort Dick is also a town of artists. Fort Dick has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Fort Dick’s character.

    Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 14.90% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

    Setting & Lifestyle

    The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Fort Dick has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Fort Dick a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

    One of the nice things about Fort Dick is that it is nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

    Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Fort Dick spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 13.66 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.

    Being a small town, Fort Dick does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

    Demographics

    The education level of Fort Dick citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 21.45% of adults in Fort Dick have at least a bachelor's degree.

    The per capita income in Fort Dick in 2022 was $29,590, which is lower middle income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $118,360 for a family of four. However, Fort Dick contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

    Fort Dick is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Fort Dick home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fort Dick residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Fort Dick include English, European, Italian, Portuguese, and Irish.

    The most common language spoken in Fort Dick is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Korean.

    Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

    The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.

    Real Estate

    is a neighborhood that is on the ocean, a bay, or inlet. Many times, such places have amenities that bring locals and visitors to the waterfront for recreational activities or to check out the scenery. In some densely populated areas that are less financially well-off, the neighborhood waterfront can be relatively industrial and less open to recreation. In addition to being coastal, is a very nautical neighborhood, meaning that it is somewhat historic, walkable, densely populated and on the water. This gives the neighborhood a very nautical feel, with some seaside and shipping feel, which some may really enjoy the sights and sounds of.

    In addition, the real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 95.7% of all neighborhoods in America, with 31.2% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.

    People

    An interesting characteristic about the neighborhood is that there are more incarcerated people living here than 99.6% of neighborhoods in the U.S. The United States has the highest rate of incarceration in the world, currently with 1 out of every 100 adults in the country are incarcerated as a punishment for crimes committed. The extremely high incarceration rate of this neighborhood could mean that a prison, juvenile detention facility or other correctional facility occupies a large proportion of the neighborhood, or contains a large portion of the neighborhood's population.

    Occupations

    The government often provides some of the more stable jobs in the economy. From local, to state, to federal government workers, the government can also be a major employer. What NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed, is that the neighborhood in particular stands out when compared nationally for the proportion of its working residents who are employed by the government. At 21.8% of its workforce, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of government workers than 99.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.

    Furthermore, from major sales accounts to fast-food workers, sales and service employees are often the backbone of the local economy. In the neighborhood, they truly stand out. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis identifies this neighborhood as having a higher percentage of sales and service workers than 96.5% of all American neighborhoods.

    Modes of Transportation

    In the neighborhood, carpooling is still a popular way to get to and from work. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that 26.3% of commuters carpool here, which is more than in 97.5% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

    Length of Commute

    Regardless of the means by which residents commute, this neighborhood has a length of commute that is notable. Residents of the neighborhood have the pleasure of having one of the shortest commutes to work of any neighborhood in America. 58.0% of the residents have a commute time from home to work (one way) of less than fifteen minutes. This is a higher proportion of residents enjoying a short trip to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. Less time commuting means more time for other things in life.

    The Neighbors

    There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

    The neighbors in the neighborhood in Fort Dick are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 54.8% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 9.4% 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 51.0% 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, 38.8% 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 executive, management, and professional occupations, with 32.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions (21.8%), and 15.4% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.

    Languages

    The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 88.6% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (7.7%).

    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 neighborhood in Fort Dick, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (19.5%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (7.0%), and residents who report German roots (6.6%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (4.7%), along with some Asian ancestry residents (4.1%), among others.

    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 (58.0% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

    Here most residents (64.6%) 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 (26.3%) . 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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