Prather is a very small town located in the state of California. With a population of 2,081 people and just one neighborhood, Prather is the 657th largest community in California.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Prather is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Prather is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Prather who work in office and administrative support (16.79%), personal care services (13.64%), and teaching (11.49%).
Also of interest is that Prather has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Prather has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Prather a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Prather, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 37.95 minutes every day commuting to work.
As is often the case in a small town, Prather doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, Prather is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 28.79% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Prather in 2022 was $38,492, which is middle income relative to California, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $153,968 for a family of four. However, Prather contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Prather is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Prather home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Prather residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Prather also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 17.92% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Prather include English, German, Irish, Dutch, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Prather is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
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.
In a nation where 1 out of every 4 children lives in poverty, the neighborhood stands out as being ranked among the lowest 0.0% of neighborhoods affected by this global issue.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Dutch and Portuguese ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 6.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Dutch ancestry and 3.1% have Portuguese ancestry.
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 Prather are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 60.8% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.0% 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 100.0% of America'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, 40.2% 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 22.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.1%), and 16.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 94.4% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (3.3%).
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Prather, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (17.4%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (14.8%), and residents who report German roots (13.4%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (7.0%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (6.9%), among others.
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 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (42.8% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (86.9%) 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 (8.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.