Le Grand is a very small town located in the state of California. With a population of 1,592 people and just one neighborhood, Le Grand is the 693rd largest community in California.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Le Grand is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 41.27% of the Le Grand workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Le Grand is a town of sales and office workers, transportation and shipping workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Le Grand who work in farm management occupations (15.66%), office and administrative support (12.50%), and sales jobs (7.08%).
In addition, many people in Le Grand have jobs in agriculture, more so than in most other communities in America. As a result, you will see quite a number of farms around town.
As is often the case in a small town, Le Grand doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of people in Le Grand with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.90% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Le Grand in 2022 was $21,505, which is low income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $86,020 for a family of four. However, Le Grand contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Le Grand is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Le Grand 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 Le Grand, accounting for 84.93% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Le Grand residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Le Grand include English, Irish, Portuguese, Scottish, and Italian.
Le Grand also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 26.09%.
The most common language spoken in Le Grand is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Italian.
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.
Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 99.6% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 21 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 94.5% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Mexican and Portuguese ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 72.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry and 2.5% have Portuguese ancestry.
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 Le Grand are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 70.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 18.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 66.1% of U.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, 27.1% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 23.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in farming, forestry, or commercial fishing (17.6%), and 17.3% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 52.5% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (45.8%).
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 Le Grand, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (72.1%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (4.3%), and residents who report German roots (4.1%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (3.2%), along with some Portuguese ancestry residents (2.5%), among others. In addition, 23.7% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
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 (31.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (75.1%) 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 (10.6%) and 9.7% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.