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Planada, CA

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Overview


Planada is a very small town located in the state of California. With a population of 4,164 people and just one neighborhood, Planada is the 552nd largest community in California.

Occupations and Workforce

Planada is a blue-collar town, with 59.41% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Planada is a town of farmers, fishers, or foresters, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Planada who work in farm management occupations (26.74%), sales jobs (9.10%), and office and administrative support (8.62%).

You will also find that a lot of people in Planada work in agricultural jobs - much more than in the average community in America. This will be quite apparent if you drive around town, as much of the landscape is dedicated to farms.

Setting & Lifestyle

Demographics

The population of Planada has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 4.86% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.

The per capita income in Planada in 2018 was $20,358, which is low income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $81,432 for a family of four. However, Planada contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Planada also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 30.11% of its population below the federal poverty line.

Planada is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Planada 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 Planada, accounting for 96.11% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Planada residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Planada include Portuguese, Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, West Indian, and U.S. Virgin Islander.

In addition, Planada has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (44.71%).

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

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 25.0% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 99.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

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, 91.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 76.4% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 98.2% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

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 Planada are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 81.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 32.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 83.3% of U.S. neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 33.1% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is farming, forestry, or commercial fishing, with 25.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (19.5%), and 14.0% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 76.4% of households. Some people also speak English (21.8%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the neighborhood in Planada, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (91.0%). There are also a number of people of Asian ancestry (2.6%). In addition, 40.3% 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (37.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

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 (17.9%) . 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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