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Buellton, CA

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Overview


Buellton is a somewhat small city located in the state of California. With a population of 5,106 people and just one neighborhood, Buellton is the 516th largest community in California.

Housing costs in Buellton are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in California.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some cities, Buellton isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Buellton are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Buellton is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Buellton who work in management occupations (16.37%), office and administrative support (15.91%), and healthcare suport services (9.36%).

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 12.55% 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

One downside of living in Buellton, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.76 minutes every day commuting to work.

Demographics

The citizens of Buellton are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 39.59% of adults in Buellton have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Buellton in 2018 was $47,903, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $191,612 for a family of four.

Buellton is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Buellton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Buellton residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Buellton also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 22.69% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Buellton include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Scottish.

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

People

According to NeighborhoodScout's research, is better suited for first-time home buyers than 89.6% of neighborhoods in the state. Most homes here are priced below the state's median house value, yet maintain comparably good appreciation rates over the last decade relative to other neighborhoods in California. Along with an exclusive multi-metric measure of neighborhood quality developed by NeighborhoodScout that scores high here in this neighborhood, this means that buying into the neighborhood is not only an accessible option but considered a decent first time home buyer choice for building equity in your first home, while being in a quality neighborhood

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Danish and Swiss ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Danish ancestry and 1.8% have Swiss ancestry.

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 Buellton are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 77.5% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 2.1% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 74.8% of America'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, 35.8% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 25.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.3%), and 16.8% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 79.4% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (16.8%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Buellton, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (21.9%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (16.0%), and residents who report Irish roots (15.8%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (10.9%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (5.8%), among others. In addition, 14.6% 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 between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (34.4% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.

Here most residents (76.0%) 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 (8.7%) . 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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