Dunnigan - Knights Landing is a very small town located in the state of California. With a population of 4,569 people and just one neighborhood, Dunnigan - Knights Landing is the 556th largest community in California.
Housing costs in Dunnigan - Knights Landing are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in California.
Unlike some towns, Dunnigan - Knights Landing isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Dunnigan - Knights Landing are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Dunnigan - Knights Landing is a town of service providers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Dunnigan - Knights Landing who work in management occupations (18.86%), farm management occupations (8.01%), and office and administrative support (7.53%).
You will also find that a lot of people in Dunnigan - Knights Landing work in agricultural jobs - much more than in the average community in America. This will be quite apparent if you drive around town, as much of the landscape is dedicated to farms.
Also of interest is that Dunnigan - Knights Landing has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 12.46% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.
Dunnigan - Knights Landing 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 education level of Dunnigan - Knights Landing citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 23.44% of adults in Dunnigan - Knights Landing have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Dunnigan - Knights Landing in 2022 was $37,694, which is middle income relative to California, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $150,776 for a family of four. However, Dunnigan - Knights Landing contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Dunnigan - Knights Landing is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Dunnigan - Knights Landing 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 Dunnigan - Knights Landing, accounting for 50.75% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Dunnigan - Knights Landing residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Dunnigan - Knights Landing include German, English, Scots-Irish, Irish, and Scottish.
In addition, Dunnigan - Knights Landing has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (16.82%).
The most common language spoken in Dunnigan - Knights Landing is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Thai.
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 Dunnigan - Knights Landing, 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 8.0% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 98.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.
More people in choose to walk to work each day (10.8%) 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.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 18 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 95.1% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Dunnigan - Knights Landing 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 85.7% 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 Scots-Irish and Yugoslav ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 5.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Scots-Irish ancestry and 0.4% have Yugoslav ancestry.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Dunnigan - Knights Landing are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 63.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 37.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 87.7% 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, 33.8% 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 25.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.9%), and 13.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 59.5% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (39.1%).
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Dunnigan - Knights Landing, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (48.5%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (18.9%), and residents who report English roots (6.2%), and some of the residents are also of Scots-Irish ancestry (5.3%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (4.9%), among others. In addition, 16.8% 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 (44.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (70.6%) 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 (10.8%) and 6.1% 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.