La Palma is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 15,092 people and three associated neighborhoods, La Palma is the 352nd largest community in California. Housing costs in La Palma are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in California.La Palma is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 87.99% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, La Palma is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in La Palma who work in management occupations (17.75%), office and administrative support (13.18%), and healthcare (11.09%). Also of interest is that La Palma 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 La Palma telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 15.82% 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. One downside of living in La Palma is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In La Palma, the average commute to work is 32.57 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. If knowledge is power, La Palma is a pretty powerful place. 52.86% of the adults in La Palma have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns. The per capita income in La Palma in 2022 was $54,733, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $218,932 for a family of four. However, La Palma contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. La Palma is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call La Palma home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of La Palma residents report their race to be Asian, followed by White. La Palma also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.54% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in La Palma include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Iranian. In addition, La Palma has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (37.66%). The most common language spoken in La Palma is English. Other important languages spoken here include Korean and Tagalog.
