Del Rey is a very small town located in the state of California. With a population of 1,358 people and just one neighborhood, Del Rey is the 717th largest community in California.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Del Rey is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 56.56% of the Del Rey workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Del Rey is a town of transportation and shipping workers, professionals, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Del Rey who work in teaching (10.98%), farm management occupations (9.51%), and sales jobs (9.02%).
In addition, many people in Del Rey 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.
Del Rey 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.
Del Rey ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 2.20% of people over 25 have a college degree.
The per capita income in Del Rey in 2022 was $18,548, which is low income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $74,192 for a family of four. However, Del Rey contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Del Rey is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Del Rey 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 Del Rey, accounting for 95.24% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Del Rey residents report their race to be Asian, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Del Rey include French, British, Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, and West Indian.
In addition, Del Rey has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (26.57%).
The most common language spoken in Del Rey is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Langs. of India.
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 11.6% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 99.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Our research reveals that 88.6% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 95.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.
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, 80.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 61.2% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 96.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
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 Del Rey are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 72.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 36.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 86.8% 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, 32.8% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 22.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.0%), and 11.6% in farming, forestry, or commercial fishing.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 61.2% of households. Some people also speak English (35.9%).
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 Del Rey, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (80.0%). There are also a number of people of Asian ancestry (4.2%), and residents who report German roots (3.9%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (3.5%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (3.2%), among others. In addition, 20.9% 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (44.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (88.6%) 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 (6.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.