Banning is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 31,929 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Banning is the 262nd largest community in California.

A relatively large number of people in Banning telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.30% 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 city 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!) Banning 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. Banning has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Banning than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Banning may be for you.

In Banning, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.75 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

The citizens of Banning are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.50% of adults in Banning have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree

The per capita income in Banning in 2022 was $30,856, which is lower middle income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $123,424 for a family of four. However, Banning contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Banning is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Banning home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Banning, accounting for 50.62% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Banning residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Banning include English, German, Irish, Italian, and European.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Banning's cultural character, accounting for 18.66% of the city’s population.

The most common language spoken in Banning is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Miao/Hmong.