Esparto is a very small town located in the state of California. With a population of 3,572 people and just one neighborhood, Esparto is the 576th largest community in California. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Esparto, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Esparto, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Esparto’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Esparto does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $97,039.00.
Housing costs in Esparto 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.
Esparto is a blue-collar town, with 37.08% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Esparto is a town of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Esparto who work in farm management occupations (11.29%), personal care services (9.66%), and management occupations (9.61%).
Another important characteristic of Esparto is that a lot of people work in agricultural jobs, especially compared to most other communities in America, and there are quite a number of farms in town.
In terms of college education, Esparto is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.90% of adults 25 and older in Esparto have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Esparto in 2022 was $31,314, which is lower middle income relative to California, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $125,256 for a family of four. However, Esparto contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Esparto is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Esparto home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Esparto residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Esparto also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 38.06% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Esparto include German, Irish, English, Portuguese, and European.
Esparto also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 20.81%.
The most common language spoken in Esparto is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish 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 11.0% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 99.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Astoundingly, NeighborhoodScout's research reveals that this single neighborhood has a higher concentration of married couples living here than 95.9% of all U.S. neighborhoods. Whether they have school-aged children or not, married couples are the rule in the neighborhood. If you are a married couple, you may find many people here with a similar lifestyle, and perhaps common interests. But if you are single, you might not find many other singles here.
Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 95.2% of the neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Portuguese ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Portuguese ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 0.6% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Mon-Khmer, which is the dominant language of Cambodia, at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.2% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Esparto are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 70.8% of the neighborhoods in America. With 16.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 62.7% 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, 34.9% 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 24.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.4%), and 11.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 66.5% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
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 Esparto, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (33.3%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (17.2%), and residents who report English roots (7.4%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (7.0%), along with some Spanish ancestry residents (3.5%), among others. In addition, 21.7% 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 (29.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (69.5%) 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 (14.5%) and 5.3% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work 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.