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Hesperia, CA
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Hesperia profile


Living in Hesperia



Hesperia is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 100,744 people and 21 associated neighborhoods, Hesperia is the 76th largest community in California.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.29% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

One downside of living in Hesperia, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 37.00 minutes every day commuting to work.

The percentage of people in Hesperia with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 10.94% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Hesperia in 2022 was $23,907, which is low income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $95,628 for a family of four. However, Hesperia contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Hesperia is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Hesperia 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 Hesperia, accounting for 62.31% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Hesperia residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Hesperia include German, Irish, English, Italian, and French.

In addition, Hesperia has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (17.60%).

The most common language spoken in Hesperia is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.