Paskenta is a tiny town located in the state of California. With a population of 110 people and just one neighborhood, Paskenta is the 854th largest community in California.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Paskenta is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 69.23% of the Paskenta workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Paskenta is a town of farmers, fishers, or foresters, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Paskenta who work in farm management occupations (34.62%), maintenance occupations (23.08%), and office and administrative support (3.85%).
Another important characteristic of Paskenta is that a lot of people work in agricultural jobs, especially compared to most other communities in America, and there are quite a number of farms in town.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 26.92% 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.
Paskenta’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
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, Paskenta has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Paskenta a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Paskenta is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Paskenta, the average commute to work is 34.21 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Paskenta 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.
In terms of college education, Paskenta ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 0.00% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Paskenta in 2022 was $26,493, which is low income relative to California, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $105,972 for a family of four.
Paskenta is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Paskenta home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Paskenta residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Paskenta include German, English, Ukrainian, Portuguese, and Norwegian.
The most common language spoken in Paskenta is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Greek.
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 Paskenta, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 4 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 98.6% of America.
In addition, the real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 97.1% of all neighborhoods in America, with 36.7% 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.
Of particular note, 3.3% of the people in the neighborhood currently reside in a correction facility, held due to punishment for a crime.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Portuguese and Danish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Portuguese ancestry and 2.2% have Danish ancestry.
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 Paskenta are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 61.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 15.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 62.3% 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, 34.1% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 29.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (18.8%), and 15.2% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 88.7% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (9.5%).
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Paskenta, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (18.6%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (16.5%), and residents who report English roots (10.3%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (8.2%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (3.1%), 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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (34.6% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (77.4%) 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 (9.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.