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South Dos Palos, CA

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Overview


South Dos Palos is a very small town located in the state of California. With a population of 1,747 people and just one neighborhood, South Dos Palos is the 679th largest community in California.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, South Dos Palos is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 42.94% of the South Dos Palos workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, South Dos Palos is a town of service providers, transportation and shipping workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in South Dos Palos who work in office and administrative support (14.50%), farm management occupations (12.24%), and healthcare (11.30%).

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.36% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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 South Dos Palos is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In South Dos Palos, the average commute to work is 35.39 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Being a small town, South Dos Palos does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The citizens of South Dos Palos have a very low rate of college education: just 7.04% 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 South Dos Palos in 2022 was $23,153, which is low income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $92,612 for a family of four. However, South Dos Palos contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. South Dos Palos also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 35.19% of its population below the federal poverty line.

South Dos Palos is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call South Dos Palos 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 South Dos Palos, accounting for 84.54% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of South Dos Palos residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in South Dos Palos include Portuguese, Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, West Indian, and U.S. Virgin Islander.

South Dos Palos also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 27.00%.

The most common language spoken in South Dos Palos is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Portuguese.

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 9.4% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 98.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Furthermore, there are more people living in the neighborhood employed as sales and service workers (62.3%) than almost any neighborhood in the country. From fast-food service workers to major sales accounts, sales and service workers make up the largest proportion of our national employment picture. But despite that size and importance nationally, this neighborhood still stands out as unique due to the dominance of people living here who work in such occupations.

Modes of Transportation

In the neighborhood, carpooling is still a popular way to get to and from work. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that 26.7% of commuters carpool here, which is more than in 97.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

People

Single parenting is hard. But you don't have to tell the neighborhood about it; they already know. 21.0% of this neighborhood's households are run by single mothers, which is a higher concentration than NeighborhoodScout found in 97.6% of American neighborhoods. Further NeighborhoodScout research showed strong statistical correlations among high rates of children living in single parent households, and neighborhood crime, particularly violent crime, neighborhood poverty, and, importantly, the percentage of low weight births and rates of infant mortality.

In addition, neighborhoodScout's exclusive research revealed that 92.8% of the adult residents in the neighborhood do not have a 4-year college degree, which is a lower rate of college graduated adults than found in 95.3% of the neighborhoods in America.

Length of Commute

Whether walking, biking, riding, or driving, the length of one's commute is an important factor for one's quality of life. The neighborhood stands out for its commute length, according to NeighborhoodScout's analysis. Residents of the neighborhood have the pleasure of having one of the shortest commutes to work of any neighborhood in America. 59.1% of the residents have a commute time from home to work (one way) of less than fifteen minutes. This is a higher proportion of residents enjoying a short trip to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. Less time commuting means more time for other things in life.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Portuguese and Mexican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 7.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Portuguese ancestry and 68.3% have Mexican ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 1.1% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Portuguese at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 95.3% of the neighborhoods in America.

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 South Dos Palos are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 93.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 32.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 83.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the neighborhood, 37.7% 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 manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 30.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (11.4%), and 10.6% in executive, management, and professional occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 58.2% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (34.3%).

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 South Dos Palos, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (68.3%). There are also a number of people of Portuguese ancestry (7.2%), and residents who report Irish roots (3.5%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (1.9%). In addition, 29.7% 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (59.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (64.1%) 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 (26.7%) . 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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