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Pixley, CA

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Overview


Pixley is a very small town located in the state of California. With a population of 3,828 people and just one neighborhood, Pixley is the 563rd largest community in California.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Pixley is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 61.23% of the Pixley workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Pixley is a town of farmers, fishers, or foresters, service providers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pixley who work in farm management occupations (24.68%), healthcare suport services (9.37%), and office and administrative support (6.25%).

You will also find that a lot of people in Pixley 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

Pixley 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.

Demographics

Pixley ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 5.95% of people over 25 have a college degree.

The per capita income in Pixley in 2022 was $16,291, which is low income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $65,164 for a family of four. However, Pixley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Pixley is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Pixley 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 Pixley, accounting for 86.12% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Pixley residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Pixley include German, Other Arab, Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, and West Indian.

Pixley also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 35.76%.

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

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.

Occupations

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 99.9% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.

People

The neighborhood is unique for having just 4.1% of adults here having earned a bachelor's degree. This is a lower rate of college graduates than NeighborhoodScout found in 97.8% of America's neighborhoods.

Modes of Transportation

Our research shows that more people carpool to work here in the (22.5%) than in 95.4% of the neighborhoods in America.

Real Estate

Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 90.3% of the neighborhoods in America.

Diversity

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, 80.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 73.5% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 97.9% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

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 Pixley are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 76.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 19.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 68.4% 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, 32.2% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is farming, forestry, or commercial fishing, with 29.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (16.0%), and 11.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 73.5% of households. Some people also speak English (24.7%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Pixley, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (80.0%). There are also a number of people of Asian ancestry (1.8%), and residents who report English roots (1.1%), and some of the residents are also of Spanish ancestry (1.1%). In addition, 38.6% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.

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 (38.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (70.9%) 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 (22.5%) . 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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