Phelan is a medium-sized town located in the state of California. With a population of 13,859 people and three associated neighborhoods, Phelan is the 370th largest community in California.Phelan is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Phelan is a town of professionals, construction workers and builders, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Phelan who work in management occupations (10.30%), office and administrative support (8.30%), and teaching (7.91%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 12.50% 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 town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Phelan has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Phelan a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. In Phelan, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 42.33 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. As is often the case in a small town, Phelan doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The citizens of Phelan are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 13.88% of adults in Phelan have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree The per capita income in Phelan in 2022 was $28,310, which is lower middle income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $113,240 for a family of four. However, Phelan contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Phelan is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Phelan home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Phelan residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Phelan also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 44.93% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Phelan include German, Irish, English, Dutch, and European. The most common language spoken in Phelan is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
