Rosamond is a medium-sized town located in the state of California. With a population of 20,961 people and six associated neighborhoods, Rosamond is the 312th largest community in California.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Rosamond is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 36.64% of the Rosamond workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Rosamond is a town of professionals, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Rosamond who work in office and administrative support (10.23%), sales jobs (7.47%), and management occupations (6.88%). Also of interest is that Rosamond has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.83% 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. It is a fairly quiet town 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!) Rosamond 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. Rosamond has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Rosamond than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Rosamond may be for you. One downside of living in Rosamond is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Rosamond, the average commute to work is 30.80 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. In terms of college education, the citizens of Rosamond rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.18% of adults 25 and older in Rosamond have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community. The per capita income in Rosamond in 2022 was $30,634, which is lower middle income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $122,536 for a family of four. However, Rosamond contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Rosamond is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Rosamond 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 Rosamond, accounting for 47.59% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Rosamond residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Rosamond include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Norwegian. The most common language spoken in Rosamond is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
