Pendergrass is a very small town located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 1,758 people and just one neighborhood, Pendergrass is the 277th largest community in Georgia. Pendergrass has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Pendergrass, where the median household income is $73,947.00.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Pendergrass is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Pendergrass is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Pendergrass who work in office and administrative support (14.25%), sales jobs (9.73%), and food service (6.56%).
Also of interest is that Pendergrass has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Because of many things, Pendergrass is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Pendergrass a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Pendergrass has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Pendergrass’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.
Being a small town, Pendergrass does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Pendergrass citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 19.90% of adults 25 and older in Pendergrass have a college degree.
The per capita income in Pendergrass in 2022 was $23,879, which is lower middle income relative to Georgia, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $95,516 for a family of four. However, Pendergrass contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Pendergrass is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Pendergrass home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pendergrass residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Pendergrass also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 20.06% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Pendergrass include English, German, Italian, Irish, and Ghanian.
The most common language spoken in Pendergrass is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Miao/Hmong.
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 Pendergrass, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
With 2.0% of employed workers living in the neighborhood active in the military, this neighborhood has the distinction of having a higher proportion of people in the military than 96.4% of American neighborhoods. This is a major shaper of the neighborhood's culture and character.
If you're looking for a great spot to raise a family, then look no further than the neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's analysis found that the combination of good quality public schools, above-average safety from crime, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family homes, help make this neighborhood among the top 11.3% of family-friendly neighborhoods across the state of Georgia. In addition, there are a high proportion of other families with school-aged children living here, making it easy for parents and their children to socialize and develop a sense of community support. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools, in part due to the educational attainment of the parents here, who vote in support of the public schools.
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 Pendergrass are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 57.8% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 3.2% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 70.8% of America'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, 35.6% 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 26.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (23.7%), and 14.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 69.8% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (26.4%).
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Pendergrass, GA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (20.0%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (13.0%), and residents who report Irish roots (11.3%), and some of the residents are also of Puerto Rican ancestry (5.9%), along with some German ancestry residents (4.2%), among others. In addition, 11.3% 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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (30.3% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (75.7%) 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 (12.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.