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Tuolumne, CA

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Overview


Tuolumne is a somewhat small town located in the state of California. With a population of 5,555 people and just one neighborhood, Tuolumne is the 501st largest community in California.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Tuolumne isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Tuolumne are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Tuolumne is a town of service providers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Tuolumne who work in management occupations (15.26%), maintenance occupations (12.27%), and office and administrative support (9.23%).

Setting & Lifestyle

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

Demographics

In terms of college education, Tuolumne is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.47% of adults 25 and older in Tuolumne have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Tuolumne in 2022 was $33,761, which is lower middle income relative to California, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $135,044 for a family of four. However, Tuolumne contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Tuolumne is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Tuolumne home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tuolumne residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Tuolumne also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.38% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Tuolumne include German, English, Irish, French, and Scottish.

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

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.

Length of Commute

Regardless of the means by which residents commute, this neighborhood has a length of commute that is notable. Long commutes can be brutal. They take time, money, and energy, leaving less of you for yourself and your family. The residents of the neighborhood unfortunately have the distinction of having, on average, a longer commute than most any neighborhood in America. 15.2% of commuters here travel more than one hour just one-way to work. That is more than two hours per day. This percentage with two-hour + round-trip commutes is higher than NeighborhoodScout found in 98.6% of all neighborhoods in America.

Real Estate

Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 37 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 91.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Native American and Finnish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry and 1.1% have Finnish ancestry.

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 Tuolumne are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 48.1% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 1.4% 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 77.4% of America's neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the neighborhood, 41.8% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 27.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (16.4%), and 13.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.2% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Tuolumne, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (22.2%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (17.3%), and residents who report Mexican roots (13.5%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (10.5%), along with some French ancestry residents (4.5%), 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 (36.8% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America. However, there is also a significant group of residents (15.2%) who commute over an hour in each direction.

Here most residents (82.4%) 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 (14.4%) . 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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