El Nido is a tiny town located in the state of California. With a population of 331 people and just one neighborhood, El Nido is the largest community in California.
El Nido is a blue-collar town, with 53.73% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, El Nido is a town of farmers, fishers, or foresters, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in El Nido who work in farm management occupations (43.78%), office and administrative support (14.43%), and management occupations (10.45%).
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 13.85% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.
El Nido’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
It is a fairly quiet town 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!) El Nido 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. El Nido has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in El Nido than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, El Nido may be for you.
El Nido 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.
The population of El Nido has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 3.45% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in El Nido in 2022 was $28,353, which is lower middle income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $113,412 for a family of four. However, El Nido contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
El Nido is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call El Nido 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 El Nido, accounting for 75.00% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of El Nido residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in El Nido include German, English, Irish, Portuguese, and Italian.
El Nido also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 37.77%.
The most common language spoken in El Nido is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Miao/Hmong.
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.
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 particular note, 10.0% of the people in the neighborhood currently reside in a correction facility, held due to punishment for a crime.
In addition, neighborhoodScout's exclusive research revealed that 94.2% of the adult residents in the neighborhood do not have a 4-year college degree, which is a lower rate of college graduated adults than found in 96.7% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 96.6% of the neighborhoods in America.
More people in choose to walk to work each day (12.5%) than almost any neighborhood in America. If you are attracted to the idea of being able to walk to work, this neighborhood could be a good choice.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Portuguese and Brazilian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 8.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Portuguese ancestry and 1.8% have Brazilian 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 El Nido are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 67.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 17.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 65.4% 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, 23.6% 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 20.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in farming, forestry, or commercial fishing (20.1%), and 18.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 51.7% of households. Some people also speak English (44.1%).
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 El Nido, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (55.3%). There are also a number of people of Portuguese ancestry (8.7%), and residents who report German roots (6.7%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (4.4%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (3.6%), among others. In addition, 31.6% 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (51.7% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (73.1%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also hop out the door and walk to work to get to work (12.5%) and 9.2% of residents also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors 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.