Piru is a very small town located in the state of California. With a population of 2,587 people and just one neighborhood, Piru is the 631st largest community in California.
Piru is a blue-collar town, with 43.77% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Piru is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Piru who work in sales jobs (11.79%), farm management occupations (8.89%), and healthcare suport services (8.41%).
You will also find that a lot of people in Piru 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.
A relatively large number of people in Piru telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.33% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.
One downside of living in Piru, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.89 minutes every day commuting to work.
As is often the case in a small town, Piru doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The rate of college-level education in Piru is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 11.18% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Piru in 2022 was $27,495, which is lower middle income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $109,980 for a family of four. However, Piru contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Piru is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Piru 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 Piru, accounting for 91.80% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Piru residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Piru include German, Irish, Dutch, French, and Scottish.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Piru's cultural character, accounting for 30.43% of the town’s population.
The most common language spoken in Piru is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English 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.
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 3 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 98.6% of America.
Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 98.1% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
American households most often have a car, and regularly they have two or three. But households in the neighborhood buck this trend. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 36.4% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 96.8% of the neighborhoods in the nation.
If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Piru is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in CA, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 87.5% of the neighborhoods in California. If you are considering retiring to California, this is a good neighborhood to look at.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Mexican and Armenian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 73.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry and 0.6% have Armenian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 57.4% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 95.2% 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 Piru are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 50.3% of the neighborhoods in America. With 24.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 74.4% 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, 31.4% 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 24.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (23.3%), and 14.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 57.4% of households. Some people also speak English (41.0%).
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 Piru, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (73.7%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (8.2%), and residents who report English roots (4.6%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (3.0%), along with some French ancestry residents (2.0%), among others. In addition, 26.7% 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (39.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (72.8%) 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%) 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.