With a population of around 150,000, the gorgeous cities are currently the largest city within Monterey County. The city is located just 8 miles from the Pacific Ocean. What's more, the mouth of the Salinas River lies about 10 miles west-northwest from the city. It is about 52 feet above sea level. This suburban city has the nickname of "Salad Bowl of the United States" as 80% of all the lettuce produced within the US is produced here.
There is a large variety of homes to be found in Salinas for all income levels. It has everything from low level apartments to luxury homes, depending on the area.
Because of the weather is really mild weather condition, makes the area ideal for the vineyards and floral industry. The city heavily leans on its agricultural focus. It was also the birthplace of John Steinbeck, who has since won a Nobel Prize in Literature. A lot of his novels were inspired or set in the city.
The temperature in the city ranges in the winter is about sixty degrees all through the day and thirty degrees Fahrenheit at nighttime, while in the summertime is about ten degrees higher at 70 degrees Fahrenheit, that lowers to approximately fifty degrees Fahrenheit at nighttime. The precipitation averages roughly 14.4 inches of rain per year.
Within the financial system, there are around 55% of work being of the blue collar variety, with 45 percent white collar. The sales and office management 24 percent) and various related occupations (21.4%), are the two top occupation sectors in the city. Farming, fishing and forestry (14.4%) and transportation, production and material moving occupations (14.4%) account for many of the various jobs within the city. Only 9.1% of the people worked in construction and maintenance. Nonetheless, numerous individuals believe this number is skewed. These numbers do not consist of farm workers who migrate and work for around nine months of the year.
The big agriculture companies, D'Arrogi Bros., Taylor Farms and Tanimura & Antle hire a lot of the local people, as do other companies such as Fresh Express and HSBC.