Tulelake is a tiny city located in the state of California. With a population of 867 people and just one neighborhood, Tulelake is the 769th largest community in California.
When you are in Tulelake, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 53.27% of Tulelake’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Tulelake is a city of service providers, transportation and shipping workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Tulelake who work in food service (12.56%), farm management occupations (9.05%), and management occupations (8.54%).
In addition, many people in Tulelake 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.
Being a small city, Tulelake does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Tulelake has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 5.45% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Tulelake in 2022 was $15,204, which is low income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $60,816 for a family of four. However, Tulelake contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Tulelake also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 37.24% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Tulelake is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Tulelake home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tulelake residents report their race to be White. Tulelake also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 45.50% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Tulelake include Irish, German, English, Dutch, and Swedish.
In addition, Tulelake has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (15.41%).
The most common language spoken in Tulelake 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.
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 12.5% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 99.3% 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 4 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 98.6% of America.
In addition, despite all of the residential real estate here in the neighborhood, NeighborhoodScout has discovered that much of it is vacant. In resort or second-home vacation areas, this naturally occurs because homes and apartments are seasonally occupied, and empty for a portion of the year. In non-vacation or resort areas, however, this can be an indicator of property abandonment or a weak real estate market. The vacancy rate here is 38.5%, which is higher than 97.2% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Tulelake is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in CA, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 88.2% of the neighborhoods in California. If you are considering retiring to California, this is a good neighborhood to look at.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Finnish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Finnish 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 Tulelake are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 89.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 50.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 94.3% 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, 35.8% 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 23.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (22.3%), and 12.5% in farming, forestry, or commercial fishing.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 64.5% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (34.5%).
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 Tulelake, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (39.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (12.6%), and residents who report German roots (4.5%), and some of the residents are also of Swedish ancestry (3.8%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (1.4%), among others. In addition, 15.3% 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 (46.8% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (72.3%) 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 (9.0%) and 7.2% 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.