Citrus Heights is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 86,909 people and 20 associated neighborhoods, Citrus Heights is the 94th largest community in California.Citrus Heights is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Citrus Heights is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Citrus Heights who work in office and administrative support (13.40%), sales jobs (10.49%), and management occupations (8.64%). Also of interest is that Citrus Heights has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Citrus Heights telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 16.90% 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. The education level of Citrus Heights citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 23.93% of adults in Citrus Heights have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Citrus Heights in 2022 was $38,221, 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 $152,884 for a family of four. However, Citrus Heights contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Citrus Heights is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Citrus Heights home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Citrus Heights residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Citrus Heights also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 20.12% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Citrus Heights include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Ukrainian. Citrus Heights also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 15.80%. The most common language spoken in Citrus Heights is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Slavic languages.
