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Salton City, CA

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Overview


Salton City is a somewhat small town located in the state of California. With a population of 5,155 people and just one neighborhood, Salton City is the 517th largest community in California. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Salton City, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Salton City, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Salton City’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Salton City does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $36,915.00.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Salton City, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 42.07% of Salton City’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Salton City is a town of service providers, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Salton City who work in maintenance occupations (18.20%), office and administrative support (8.05%), and healthcare suport services (7.47%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Salton City is worth considering.

In Salton City, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.50 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Salton City 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.

Demographics

The rate of college-level education in Salton City is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.27% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.

The per capita income in Salton City in 2022 was $18,503, which is low income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $74,012 for a family of four. However, Salton City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Salton City is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Salton City 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 Salton City, accounting for 74.55% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Salton City residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Salton City include Irish, English, German, Italian, and Dutch.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Salton City's cultural character, accounting for 25.88% of the town’s population.

The most common language spoken in Salton City is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Italian.

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.

Modes of Transportation

While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 91.6% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 98.4% of all American neighborhoods.

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 5.8% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 97.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

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, 72.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 63.6% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 96.4% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

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 Salton City are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 94.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 25.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 77.0% 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, 37.6% 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 30.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (16.9%), and 9.3% in executive, management, and professional occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 63.6% of households. Some people also speak English (36.2%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Salton City, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (72.8%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (6.1%), and residents who report German roots (5.4%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (4.6%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (1.9%), among others. In addition, 27.3% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.

Getting to Work

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 (42.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (91.6%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. 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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