Meridian - Robbins is a very small town located in the state of California. With a population of 1,393 people and just one neighborhood, Meridian - Robbins is the 714th largest community in California.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Meridian - Robbins is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 43.30% of the Meridian - Robbins workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Meridian - Robbins is a town of service providers, farmers, fishers, or foresters, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Meridian - Robbins who work in farm management occupations (18.48%), management occupations (11.96%), and maintenance occupations (11.41%).
Another important characteristic of Meridian - Robbins is that a lot of people work in agricultural jobs, especially compared to most other communities in America, and there are quite a number of farms in town.
And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Meridian - Robbins has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.98% 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.
The percentage of adults in Meridian - Robbins with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 16.73% of adults in Meridian - Robbins have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Meridian - Robbins in 2022 was $32,770, 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 $131,080 for a family of four. However, Meridian - Robbins contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Meridian - Robbins is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Meridian - Robbins home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Meridian - Robbins residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Meridian - Robbins also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 44.80% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Meridian - Robbins include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Danish.
In addition, Meridian - Robbins has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (18.82%).
The most common language spoken in Meridian - Robbins is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
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.
It used to be that most Americans lived on the farm, or otherwise made their living from the land, the forests, or the sea. With global trade and an economy increasingly based on providing services to one another, fewer people farm, fish or harvest timber now than at any time in American history. But according to NeighborhoodScout's leading analysis, the neighborhood stands apart from most American neighborhood due to the proportion of its residents still working in these fields. With 18.5% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 99.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.
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 7 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 97.6% of America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Czechoslovakian and Danish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Czechoslovakian ancestry and 6.2% have Danish 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 Meridian - Robbins are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 44.2% of the neighborhoods in America. With 10.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 51.5% of U.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, 29.2% 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 24.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.8%), and 18.5% in farming, forestry, or commercial fishing.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 67.2% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (32.3%).
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 Meridian - Robbins, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (42.9%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (18.0%), and residents who report English roots (12.7%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (11.0%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (6.4%), among others. In addition, 18.8% 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 (35.2% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (78.3%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also hop out the door and walk to work to get to work (6.1%) and 5.9% of residents also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors 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.