Thornton is a very small town located in the state of California. With a population of 1,004 people and just one neighborhood, Thornton is the 755th largest community in California.
When you are in Thornton, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 57.10% of Thornton’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Thornton is a town of transportation and shipping workers, farmers, fishers, or foresters, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Thornton who work in farm management occupations (14.81%), management occupations (11.11%), and teaching (9.88%).
In addition, many people in Thornton have jobs in agriculture, more so than in most other communities in America. As a result, you will see quite a number of farms around town.
One downside of living in Thornton is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Thornton, the average commute to work is 31.82 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small town, Thornton doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of people in Thornton with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.00% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Thornton in 2022 was $21,243, which is low income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $84,972 for a family of four. However, Thornton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Thornton is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Thornton 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 Thornton, accounting for 60.25% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Thornton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Thornton include Irish, English, German, Italian, and Ukrainian.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Thornton's cultural character, accounting for 23.44% of the town’s population.
The most common language spoken in Thornton is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Portuguese.
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 Thornton, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
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 27.7% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 99.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 94.1% of the neighborhoods in America.
Significantly, 4.8% 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 99.2% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Thornton are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 76.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 28.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 80.4% 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, 27.7% of the working population is employed in farming, forestry, or commercial fishing. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 25.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (24.8%), and 11.6% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
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 49.0% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Portuguese.
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 Thornton, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (50.8%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (10.1%), and residents who report English roots (9.7%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (8.0%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (4.7%), among others. In addition, 31.7% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (29.0% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (65.9%) 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 (14.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.