Spreckels Jobs

Spreckels is a census-designated place located in the Salinas Valley of Monterey County, California. The population was 485 at the 2000 census. Spreckels is one of the best-preserved company towns in the United States. It was built to house workers for the Spreckels Sugar Company plant which operated there from 1899 until 1982, named after its founder "Sugar King" Claus Spreckels. When it opened, the Spreckels plant was the world's largest sugar beet factory, each day consuming 13 million gallons of water to process 3000 tons of beets. It loomed over the town not unlike a cathedral. One of the many remarkable aspects of this town are its abrupt boundaries, surrounded on all sides by rich agricultural fields that begin immediately where town's streets and lots end. This produces an experience akin to being on a small island in a sea of green vegetation. Spreckels is associated with the writer John Steinbeck, who lived and worked there for a time, and used it as a setting in...more

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Among the most common occupations in Spreckels are Management, professional, and related occupations, 30%. Sales and office occupations, 30%. and Production, transportation, and material moving occupations, 18%. Approximately 73 percent of workers in Spreckels, California work for companies, 10 percent work for the government and 16 percent are self-employed.

Currently, the most commonly listed Spreckels Jobs are for physical therapist jobs, sales associate jobs, physical therapy jobs, speech therapy jobs, financial advisor jobs and store manager jobs.

The leading industries in Spreckels, California are Construction, 20%; Manufacturing, 17%; and Wholesale trade, 14%. Simply Hired's Spreckels job listings indicate that the following industries in Spreckels are hiring the most workers: Blood & Organ Banks, Mail Order Retailing, Hospitals, Clinics & Outpatient Services and Misc Store Retailers.

According to government data, the average salary for jobs in Spreckels, California is $23,500, and the median income of households in Spreckels was $58,009.

Spreckels has an unemployment rate of 0.0%, compared the national average of 5.8%.

According to our Spreckels Trends data, the number of Spreckels, California jobs has increased by 43% since April 2008.

Population of Spreckels Total population 485 Male 48.45% Female 51.55% Median age 37.7     Spreckels Housing Owner-occupied homes 71.9% Median cost of a home $244,200 Median mortgage payment $538 Renter-occupied homes 28.1% Vacant housing 2.8% Median monthly rent $993     Average Income Median for all male full-time $22,250 Median for all female full-time $24,750     Household Income Less than $10,000 0% $10,000 to $14,999 3% $15,000 to $24,999 11% $25,000 to $34,999 14% $35,000 to $49,999 12% $50,000 to $74,999 43% $75,000 to $99,999 7% $100,000 to $149,999 10% $150,000 to $199,999 0% $200,000 or more 0%

Education Less than 9th grade 3% 9th to 12th grade, no diploma 11% High school graduate 38% Some college, no degree 17% Associate's degree 3% Bachelor's degree 25% Graduate degree 2%     Marital Status Never married 16% Currently married 55% Separated 7% Widowed 2% Divorced 20%     Race White 88% Black or African American 1% Asian 3% Other 9%     Spreckels Commute Carpool 6.2% Public transportation 0.0% Average travel time 17 minutes

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