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Del Rey, CA

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Overview


Del Rey is a very small town located in the state of California. With a population of 1,358 people and just one neighborhood, Del Rey is the 717th largest community in California. Much of the housing stock in Del Rey was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Del Rey economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Del Rey, where the median household income is $38,516.00.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Del Rey, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 55.52% of Del Rey’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Del Rey is a town of farmers, fishers, or foresters, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Del Rey who work in farm management occupations (24.19%), healthcare (7.79%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (6.82%).

Another important characteristic of Del Rey is that a lot of people work in agricultural jobs, especially compared to most other communities in America, and there are quite a number of farms in town.

Also of interest is that Del Rey has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Setting & Lifestyle

Demographics

The citizens of Del Rey have a very low rate of college education: just 6.74% 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 Del Rey in 2018 was $15,873, which is low income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $63,492 for a family of four. However, Del Rey contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Del Rey also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 32.55% of its population below the federal poverty line.

Del Rey is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Del Rey 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 Del Rey, accounting for 93.98% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Del Rey residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Del Rey include Swedish, French, British, Yugoslavian, and Other West Indian.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Del Rey's cultural character, accounting for 31.21% of the town’s population.

The most common language spoken in Del Rey is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Langs. of India.

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.

Occupations

It used to be that most Americans lived on the farm, or otherwise made their living from the land, the forests, or the sea. With global trade and an economy increasingly based on providing services to one another, fewer people farm, fish or harvest timber now than at any time in American history. But according to NeighborhoodScout's leading analysis, the neighborhood stands apart from most American neighborhood due to the proportion of its residents still working in these fields. With 20.6% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 99.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Migration / Stability

Some neighborhoods have more internal cohesiveness than others. While other neighborhoods feel like a collection of strangers who just happen to live near each other. Sometimes this comes down to not only the personalities of the people in a place, but how long people have been together in that neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research has revealed some interesting things about the rootedness of people in the neighborhood. More residents of the neighborhood live here today that also were living in this same neighborhood five years ago than is found in 98.6% 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.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Mexican and Armenian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 79.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry and 0.5% have Armenian ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 63.1% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 96.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

The Neighbors

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 Del Rey are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 73.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 46.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 92.1% 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, 23.7% 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 executive, management, and professional occupations, with 23.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (22.2%), and 20.6% in farming, forestry, or commercial fishing.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 63.1% of households. Some people also speak English (35.4%).

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 Del Rey, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (79.8%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (3.4%), and residents who report Asian roots (2.8%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (2.7%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (2.7%), among others. In addition, 26.0% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.

Getting to Work

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 between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (35.8% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (79.8%) 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 (13.0%) . 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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