Pierson is a very small town located in the state of Florida. With a population of 1,554 people and just one neighborhood, Pierson is the 403rd largest community in Florida.
When you are in Pierson, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 45.79% of Pierson’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Pierson is a town of service providers, construction workers and builders, and farmers, fishers, or foresters. There are especially a lot of people living in Pierson who work in farm management occupations (17.95%), management occupations (9.89%), and maintenance occupations (8.24%).
You will also find that a lot of people in Pierson 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.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Pierson has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Pierson a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Pierson is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The rate of college-level education in Pierson is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.78% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Pierson in 2022 was $23,328, which is low income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $93,312 for a family of four. However, Pierson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Pierson is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Pierson 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 Pierson, accounting for 62.54% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Pierson residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Pierson include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and Polish.
In addition, Pierson has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (44.82%).
The most common language spoken in Pierson is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Italian.
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 Pierson, 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 13.6% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 99.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Our research shows that more people carpool to work here in the (29.2%) than in 98.6% of the neighborhoods in America.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 95.5% of all neighborhoods in America, with 31.3% 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.
In addition, uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 35 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 91.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
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, 56.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 56.7% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 95.1% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
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 Pierson are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 44.1% of the neighborhoods in America. With 16.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 63.2% 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, 28.4% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer 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 25.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (18.9%), and 13.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 56.7% of households. Some people also speak English (42.0%).
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 Pierson, FL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (56.7%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (4.4%), and residents who report Irish roots (3.9%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (3.1%), along with some Norwegian ancestry residents (1.1%), among others. In addition, 27.0% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
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 (33.8% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (58.6%) 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 (29.2%) and 5.4% 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.