Penney Farms is a tiny town located in the state of Florida. With a population of 830 people and just one neighborhood, Penney Farms is the 440th largest community in Florida.
Penney Farms is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 88.52% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Penney Farms is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Penney Farms who work in sales jobs (52.46%), computer science and math (21.31%), and business and financial occupations (11.48%).
Also of interest is that Penney Farms has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
A relatively large number of people in Penney Farms telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 52.83% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.
One downside of living in Penney Farms is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Penney Farms, the average commute to work is 37.50 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small town, Penney Farms doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
Penney Farms is one of the most well-educated cities in the nation. 49.46% of adults in Penney Farms have at least a bachelor's degree. Compare that to the average community in America, which has just 21.84% with a bachelor's degree or higher.
The per capita income in Penney Farms in 2022 was $33,239, which is middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $132,956 for a family of four. However, Penney Farms contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Penney Farms home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Penney Farms residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Penney Farms include English, German, Irish, Scots-Irish, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Penney Farms is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Divorcees may find friendship and understanding in this neighborhood, as 25.3% of its residents are divorced. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis found that this divorce rate is higher than in 99.2% of the neighborhoods in America.
In addition, if you are planning to retire in Florida, this neighborhood should be on your must-see list. For many reasons, may be considered a retiree's dream neighborhood. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and metrics, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety from crime compared to other neighborhoods in Florida, while also offering a diverse range of housing options. This, along with the vibrant mix of very educated seniors and other age groups who choose to live here, makes the neighborhood more retiree-friendly than 95.9% of neighborhoods in FL. If a Florida retirement is in your future, this neighborhood should be one of the places you visit.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 98.3% of all neighborhoods in America, with 43.2% 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 the neighborhood, carpooling is still a popular way to get to and from work. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that 22.0% of commuters carpool here, which is more than in 95.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Romanian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Romanian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 1.7% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Portuguese at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.2% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Penney Farms are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 82.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 34.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 85.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 33.5% 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 26.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (20.8%), and 18.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.0% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (4.1%).
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 Penney Farms, FL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (13.1%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (7.0%), and residents who report Irish roots (4.2%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (3.7%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (2.7%), among others.
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 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (39.2% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (55.4%) 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 (22.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.