Isleton is a tiny city located in the state of California. With a population of 777 people and just one neighborhood, Isleton is the 774th largest community in California.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Isleton is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 39.92% of the Isleton workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Isleton is a city of service providers, managers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Isleton who work in business and financial occupations (9.68%), management occupations (9.27%), and office and administrative support (7.26%).
Also of interest is that Isleton has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
One downside of living in Isleton, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 35.05 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small city, Isleton does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of people in Isleton with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.58% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Isleton in 2022 was $28,481, which is lower middle income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $113,924 for a family of four. However, Isleton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Isleton is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Isleton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Isleton residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Isleton also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 40.37% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Isleton include German, English, Norwegian, Irish, and European.
The most common language spoken in Isleton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.
In addition, the real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 98.2% of all neighborhoods in America, with 42.5% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Portuguese and Scots-Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 6.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Portuguese ancestry and 4.0% have Scots-Irish ancestry.
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 Isleton are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 70.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 32.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 83.6% 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, 31.8% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 30.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (24.7%), and 12.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
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 87.1% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
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 Isleton, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (17.7%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (17.5%), and residents who report German roots (10.7%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (9.1%), along with some Portuguese ancestry residents (6.2%), among others.
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 (30.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (78.5%) 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 (5.5%) and 5.3% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.