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.
Pixley is a blue-collar town, with 59.85% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 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 (26.13%), healthcare suport services (8.67%), and office and administrative support (7.84%).
In addition, many people in Pixley have jobs in agriculture, more so than in most other communities in America. As a result, you will see quite a number of farms around town.
As is often the case in a small town, Pixley doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Pixley have a very low rate of college education: just 6.39% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.
The per capita income in Pixley in 2022 was $17,883, which is low income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $71,532 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 86.80% 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 Welsh, German, Other Arab, Yugoslavian, and Other West Indian.
Pixley also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 27.48%.
The most common language spoken in Pixley is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Arabic.
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 Pixley, 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 99.9% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
The neighborhood is unique for having just 4.2% of adults here having earned a bachelor's degree. This is a lower rate of college graduates than NeighborhoodScout found in 97.9% of America's neighborhoods.
Our research shows that more people carpool to work here in the (24.3%) than in 96.5% of the neighborhoods in America.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 44 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 90.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
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, 81.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 71.4% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 97.6% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Do you like to be surrounded by people from all over the country or world, with different perspectives and life experiences? Or do you instead prefer to be in a neighborhood where most residents have lived there for a long time, creating a sense of cohesiveness? NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that this neighborhood stands out among American neighborhoods for the uniqueness of the mobility of its residents. More residents of the neighborhood live here today that also were living in this same neighborhood five years ago than is found in 97.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. This neighborhood is really made up of people who know each other, don't move often, and have lived here in this very neighborhood for quite a while.
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 Pixley are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 64.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 17.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 65.3% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 31.1% of the working population is employed in farming, forestry, or commercial fishing. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 30.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (14.7%), and 12.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 71.4% of households. Some people also speak English (26.8%).
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 Pixley, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (81.9%). There are also a number of people of Asian ancestry (2.1%), and residents who report Spanish roots (1.4%). In addition, 32.6% 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 (32.8% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (68.5%) 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 (24.3%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.