Meridian - Robbins is a very small town located in the state of California. With a population of 1,388 people and just one neighborhood, Meridian - Robbins is the 714th largest community in California.
When you are in Meridian - Robbins, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 43.30% of Meridian - Robbins’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Meridian - Robbins is a town of service providers, farmers, fishers, or foresters, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Meridian - Robbins who work in farm management occupations (18.48%), management occupations (11.96%), and maintenance occupations (11.41%).
In addition, many people in Meridian - Robbins have jobs in agriculture, more so than in most other communities in America. As a result, you will see quite a number of farms around town.
And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Meridian - Robbins has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.98% 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.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Meridian - Robbins rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.73% of adults 25 and older in Meridian - Robbins have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Meridian - Robbins in 2022 was $32,770, which is lower middle income relative to California, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $131,080 for a family of four. However, Meridian - Robbins contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Meridian - Robbins is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Meridian - Robbins home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Meridian - Robbins residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Meridian - Robbins also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 44.80% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Meridian - Robbins include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Danish.
Meridian - Robbins also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 18.82%.
The most common language spoken in Meridian - Robbins is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Meridian - Robbins, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
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 18.5% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 99.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.
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 7 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 97.6% of America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Czechoslovakian and Danish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Czechoslovakian ancestry and 6.2% have Danish 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 Meridian - Robbins are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 44.2% of the neighborhoods in America. With 10.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 51.5% 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, 29.2% 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 24.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.8%), and 18.5% in farming, forestry, or commercial fishing.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 67.2% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (32.3%).
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 Meridian - Robbins, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (42.9%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (18.0%), and residents who report English roots (12.7%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (11.0%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (6.4%), among others. In addition, 18.8% 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (35.2% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (78.3%) 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 (6.1%) and 5.9% 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.