Hydesville is a very small town located in the state of California. With a population of 1,244 people and just one neighborhood, Hydesville is the 727th largest community in California.
Housing costs in Hydesville 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.
Hydesville is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 88.92% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Hydesville is a town of managers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hydesville who work in management occupations (15.51%), sales jobs (14.96%), and business and financial occupations (14.68%).
And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Hydesville has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too.
Also of interest is that Hydesville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Of important note, Hydesville is also a town of artists. Hydesville has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Hydesville’s character.
A relatively large number of people in Hydesville telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 19.67% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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!) Hydesville 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. Hydesville has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Hydesville than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Hydesville may be for you.
Hydesville 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 population of Hydesville overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Hydesville, 22.36% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Hydesville in 2022 was $53,007, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $212,028 for a family of four. However, Hydesville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Hydesville is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Hydesville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hydesville residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Hydesville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.73% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Hydesville include German, English, Irish, European, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Hydesville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Laotian and Persian.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 10 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 97.1% of America. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.
If you're nearing retirement age, or in retirement, the is an excellent choice for you to consider for top-quality retirement living. This neighborhood is rated by NeighborhoodScout as among the top 6.2% of retiree-friendly neighborhoods in California, combining peace and quiet, safety from crime, and offering diverse housing options from which retirees can choose. Maybe it's because of these amenities that a large proportion of the residents here are college educated seniors, mixed with other age groups. For these and other reasons, NeighborhoodScout identifies this neighborhood as a top-notch place to consider if you are thinking of or planning to retire in California.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Danish and Swiss ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Danish ancestry and 2.1% have Swiss ancestry.
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 Hydesville are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 64.1% of the neighborhoods in America. With 20.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 70.5% 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, 38.8% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional 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 23.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (19.8%), and 16.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.6% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.2%).
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 Hydesville, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (22.8%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (12.2%), and residents who report Irish roots (7.3%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (6.5%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (4.8%), among others.
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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (33.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (79.3%) 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 (10.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.