San Andreas - Mokelumne Hill is a very small town located in the state of California. With a population of 4,302 people and just one neighborhood, San Andreas - Mokelumne Hill is the 551st largest community in California.
San Andreas - Mokelumne Hill is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, San Andreas - Mokelumne Hill is a town of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in San Andreas - Mokelumne Hill who work in law enforcement and fire fighting (19.14%), healthcare suport services (7.54%), and sales jobs (7.32%).
A relatively large number of people in San Andreas - Mokelumne Hill telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 13.66% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.
Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, San Andreas - Mokelumne Hill is worth considering.
One downside of living in San Andreas - Mokelumne Hill is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In San Andreas - Mokelumne Hill, the average commute to work is 34.45 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
The population of San Andreas - Mokelumne Hill overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in San Andreas - Mokelumne Hill, 21.04% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in San Andreas - Mokelumne Hill in 2022 was $26,865, which is lower middle income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $107,460 for a family of four. However, San Andreas - Mokelumne Hill contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
San Andreas - Mokelumne Hill is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call San Andreas - Mokelumne Hill home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of San Andreas - Mokelumne Hill residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. San Andreas - Mokelumne Hill also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 20.48% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in San Andreas - Mokelumne Hill include German, English, Irish, Italian, and French.
The most common language spoken in San Andreas - Mokelumne Hill is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish 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 San Andreas - Mokelumne Hill, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
The neighborhood has a greater proportion of government workers living in it than 99.8% of the neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. This is a unique feature of this neighborhood, and one that shapes its character.
Whether walking, biking, riding, or driving, the length of one's commute is an important factor for one's quality of life. The neighborhood stands out for its commute length, according to NeighborhoodScout's analysis. Long commutes can be brutal. They take time, money, and energy, leaving less of you for yourself and your family. The residents of the neighborhood unfortunately have the distinction of having, on average, a longer commute than most any neighborhood in America. 12.3% of commuters here travel more than one hour just one-way to work. That is more than two hours per day. This percentage with two-hour + round-trip commutes is higher than NeighborhoodScout found in 97.3% of all neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Lithuanian and English ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Lithuanian ancestry and 21.3% have English 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 San Andreas - Mokelumne Hill are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 75.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 18.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 66.6% 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, 32.5% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions, with 28.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (26.8%), and 26.5% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 89.8% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
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 San Andreas - Mokelumne Hill, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (22.3%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (21.3%), and residents who report Mexican roots (20.4%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (19.5%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (7.7%), among others.
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 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (29.0% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (77.6%) 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 (7.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.