Pearson is a very small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 1,799 people and just one neighborhood, Pearson is the 270th largest community in Georgia.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Pearson is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 58.66% of the Pearson workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Pearson is a city of construction workers and builders, production and manufacturing workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pearson who work in sales jobs (14.69%), office and administrative support (6.15%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (5.13%).
It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Pearson has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Pearson has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Pearson than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Pearson may be for you.
As is often the case in a small city, Pearson doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, Pearson ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 2.63% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Pearson in 2022 was $21,903, which is lower middle income relative to Georgia, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $87,612 for a family of four. However, Pearson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Pearson also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 36.95% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Pearson is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Pearson 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 Pearson, accounting for 40.74% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Pearson residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Pearson include Irish, English, Polish, German, and European.
In addition, Pearson has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (25.58%).
The most common language spoken in Pearson is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
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.
NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research identifies the neighborhood as having one of the highest concentrations of people employed in manufacturing or as laborers of any neighborhood in America. In fact, despite the loss of manufacturing jobs nationally, this neighborhood has 46.2% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 97.7% of American neighborhoods.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 96.9% of all neighborhoods in America, with 36.1% 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, unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 92.4% of the neighborhoods in America.
Of note, 55.9% 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.
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 Pearson are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 89.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 55.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 95.9% 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, 46.2% 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 22.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (21.7%), and 6.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 75.3% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (24.7%).
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 Pearson, GA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (24.3%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (7.2%), and residents who report Irish roots (5.5%), and some of the residents are also of Norwegian ancestry (1.6%), along with some German ancestry residents (1.4%), among others. In addition, 12.9% 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 (42.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (79.8%) 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 (15.3%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.