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Pahokee, FL

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Overview


Pahokee is a somewhat small city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 5,537 people and just one neighborhood, Pahokee is the 273rd largest community in Florida.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some cities, Pahokee isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Pahokee are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Pahokee is a city of service providers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pahokee who work in law enforcement and fire fighting (17.11%), personal care services (6.90%), and sales jobs (6.32%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Demographics

The citizens of Pahokee are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.77% of adults in Pahokee have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree

The per capita income in Pahokee in 2018 was $16,698, which is low income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $66,792 for a family of four. However, Pahokee contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Pahokee also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 31.78% of its population below the federal poverty line.

Pahokee is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Pahokee home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pahokee residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Pahokee also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 34.34% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Pahokee include African, Jamaican, Haitian, Italian, and European.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Pahokee's cultural character, accounting for 18.08% of the city’s population.

The most common language spoken in Pahokee is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French Creole.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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 Pahokee, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Occupations

The government often provides some of the more stable jobs in the economy. From local, to state, to federal government workers, the government can also be a major employer. What NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed, is that the neighborhood in particular stands out when compared nationally for the proportion of its working residents who are employed by the government. At 16.4% of its workforce, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of government workers than 97.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Furthermore, from major sales accounts to fast-food workers, sales and service employees are often the backbone of the local economy. In the neighborhood, they truly stand out. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis identifies this neighborhood as having a higher percentage of sales and service workers than 96.5% of all American neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Jamaican and Haitian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Jamaican ancestry and 2.3% have Haitian ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 3.4% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak French at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 96.0% of the neighborhoods in America.

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 Pahokee are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 93.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 12.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 54.9% 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, 40.0% 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 manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 25.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (23.7%), and 16.4% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.

Languages

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 69.2% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.

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 Pahokee, FL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (9.1%). There are also a number of people of Sub-Saharan African ancestry (5.1%), and residents who report African roots (5.1%), and some of the residents are also of Jamaican ancestry (4.6%), along with some Cuban ancestry residents (2.4%), among others. In addition, 13.4% 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (38.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (73.4%) 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 (21.2%) . 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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