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.
Salton City is a blue-collar town, with 42.07% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. 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%).
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Salton City has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Salton City a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Salton City, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.50 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small town, Salton City does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
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.
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.
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.
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 97.6% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
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.
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.
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, 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.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 63.6% of households. Some people also speak English (36.2%).
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 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.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. 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.