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. Arbuckle has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Arbuckle, where the median household income is $80,563.00.
Arbuckle is a blue-collar town, with 67.08% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Arbuckle is a town of farmers, fishers, or foresters, production and manufacturing workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Arbuckle who work in farm management occupations (25.97%), office and administrative support (5.97%), and sales jobs (5.18%).
You will also find that a lot of people in Arbuckle work in agricultural jobs - much more than in the average community in America. This will be quite apparent if you drive around town, as much of the landscape is dedicated to farms.
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.
The population of Arbuckle has a very low overall level of education: only 8.00% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.
The per capita income in Arbuckle in 2022 was $24,207, which is low income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $96,828 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 74.84% 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. Important ancestries of people in Arbuckle include German, Irish, English, Swedish, and Scottish.
Arbuckle also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 43.55%.
The most common language spoken in Arbuckle is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Polish.
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 Arbuckle, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
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 99.7% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
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.
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, 57.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican 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 Arbuckle are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 51.5% of the neighborhoods in America. With 10.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 50.2% 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, 34.3% 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 22.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in farming, forestry, or commercial fishing (19.6%), and 14.5% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 56.3% of households. Some people also speak English (43.7%).
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 Arbuckle, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (57.8%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (10.9%), and residents who report English roots (6.3%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (5.9%), along with some Spanish ancestry residents (2.8%), among others. In addition, 34.8% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (37.4% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (74.7%) 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 (16.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.