Pollock Pines is a somewhat small town located in the state of California. With a population of 7,112 people and three associated neighborhoods, Pollock Pines is the 469th largest community in California.Unlike some towns, Pollock Pines isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Pollock Pines are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Pollock Pines is a town of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pollock Pines who work in office and administrative support (13.11%), business and financial occupations (10.01%), and maintenance occupations (8.79%). Also of interest is that Pollock Pines has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 11.52% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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!) Pollock Pines 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. Pollock Pines has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Pollock Pines than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Pollock Pines may be for you. One downside of living in Pollock Pines, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.26 minutes every day commuting to work. As is often the case in a small town, Pollock Pines doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The education level of Pollock Pines citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 22.40% of adults in Pollock Pines have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Pollock Pines in 2022 was $42,927, 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 $171,708 for a family of four. However, Pollock Pines contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Pollock Pines is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Pollock Pines home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pollock Pines residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Pollock Pines include German, English, Italian, Irish, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Pollock Pines is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
