Pendergrass is a very small town located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 1,856 people and just one neighborhood, Pendergrass is the 277th largest community in Georgia. Much of the housing stock in Pendergrass was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Pendergrass economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Pendergrass, where the median household income is $90,341.00.
Pendergrass real estate is some of the most expensive in Georgia, although Pendergrass house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Pendergrass is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Pendergrass is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pendergrass who work in management occupations (10.11%), office and administrative support (9.66%), and healthcare (9.66%).
Also of interest is that Pendergrass has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 12.01% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.
Because of many things, Pendergrass is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Pendergrass really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Pendergrass perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
One downside of living in Pendergrass, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.95 minutes every day commuting to work.
As is often the case in a small town, Pendergrass doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, Pendergrass is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 32.11% of adults in Pendergrass have a college degree.
The per capita income in Pendergrass in 2022 was $31,631, which is upper middle income relative to Georgia, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $126,524 for a family of four. However, Pendergrass contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Pendergrass is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Pendergrass home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pendergrass residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Pendergrass also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 23.81% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Pendergrass include English, Irish, German, Other Subsaharan African, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Pendergrass is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Miao/Hmong.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Pendergrass, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
If you like the look and ambience of new homes and newly built neighborhoods, you will love the neighborhood. A whopping 72.8% of the homes and other residential real estate here were built after 1999, which is a higher proportion of new homes then you will find in 95.7% of the neighborhoods in the U.S. Everything here just feels new.
The neighborhood is a great option for families, as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's research on this neighborhood. The combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes, make this neighborhood among the top 8.7% of family-friendly neighborhoods in the state of Georgia. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a sense of community. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Romanian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Romanian ancestry.
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 Pendergrass are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 67.3% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 2.6% 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 72.0% 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, 35.7% 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 28.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (25.6%), and 10.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 69.2% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (23.4%).
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 Pendergrass, GA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (18.4%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (12.3%), and residents who report Irish roots (8.4%), and some of the residents are also of Puerto Rican ancestry (5.1%), along with some German ancestry residents (4.4%), among others. In addition, 12.7% 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 between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (29.9% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (73.2%) 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 (9.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.