Sultana is a tiny town located in the state of California. With a population of 779 people and just one neighborhood, Sultana is the 775th largest community in California.
When you are in Sultana, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 53.80% of Sultana’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Sultana is a town of farmers, fishers, or foresters, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sultana who work in farm management occupations (25.53%), maintenance occupations (10.03%), and teaching (8.81%).
Another important characteristic of Sultana 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.
Sultana 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.
Sultana ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 2.94% of people over 25 have a college degree.
The per capita income in Sultana in 2022 was $12,629, which is low income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $50,516 for a family of four. Sultana also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 35.53% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Sultana is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Sultana 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 Sultana, accounting for 93.10% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Sultana residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Sultana include Irish, German, Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, and West Indian.
Sultana also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 32.29%.
The most common language spoken in Sultana is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Other Asian languages.
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.
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 99.7% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
Of note, 58.1% of the children in this area live in poverty; an extraordinarily high percentage compared to other neighborhoods in the nation. In a nation where approximately one in four children grows up in poverty, this neighborhood stands out for the depth of the problem manifested here.
In addition, single parenting is hard. But you don't have to tell the neighborhood about it; they already know. 19.0% of this neighborhood's households are run by single mothers, which is a higher concentration than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.5% of American neighborhoods. Further NeighborhoodScout research showed strong statistical correlations among high rates of children living in single parent households, and neighborhood crime, particularly violent crime, neighborhood poverty, and, importantly, the percentage of low weight births and rates of infant mortality.
Also, an extraordinary 11.4% of the residents of the neighborhood are currently enrolled in college. This is such a large part of life in this neighborhood that the neighborhood changes a great deal with the change of semesters and is far quieter during the summer when many students are away.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Mexican and Belgian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 80.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry and 0.6% have Belgian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 72.8% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 97.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Sultana are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 75.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 58.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 96.5% 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, 25.5% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 24.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in farming, forestry, or commercial fishing (20.2%), and 17.9% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 72.8% of households. Some people also speak English (26.9%).
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 Sultana, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (80.2%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (4.0%), and residents who report English roots (2.6%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (1.4%). In addition, 28.8% 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 (48.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (69.1%) 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 (16.2%) 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.