Phelan is a somewhat small town located in the state of California. With a population of 13,859 people and three associated neighborhoods, Phelan is the 370th largest community in California.When you are in Phelan, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 35.44% of Phelan’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Phelan is a town of construction workers and builders, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Phelan who work in management occupations (9.72%), sales jobs (8.54%), and office and administrative support (8.03%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.29% 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. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Phelan has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Phelan has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Phelan than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Phelan may be for you. One downside of living in Phelan is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Phelan, the average commute to work is 40.58 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. As is often the case in a small town, Phelan doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The percentage of people in Phelan with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.09% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Phelan in 2022 was $24,700, which is low income relative to California, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $98,800 for a family of four. However, Phelan contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Phelan is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Phelan home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Phelan residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Phelan also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 44.41% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Phelan include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Dutch. The most common language spoken in Phelan is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
