Thermal is a very small town located in the state of California. With a population of 2,676 people and four associated neighborhoods, Thermal is the 624th largest community in California.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Thermal is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 62.87% of the Thermal workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Thermal is a town of farmers, fishers, or foresters, transportation and shipping workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Thermal who work in farm management occupations (25.39%), sales jobs (14.23%), and management occupations (5.34%). 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!) Thermal 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. Thermal has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Thermal than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Thermal may be for you. Thermal is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The citizens of Thermal have a very low rate of college education: just 8.70% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities. The per capita income in Thermal in 2022 was $17,364, which is low income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $69,456 for a family of four. However, Thermal contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Thermal is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Thermal 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 Thermal, accounting for 96.44% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Thermal residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Thermal include European, Irish, African, French, and Yugoslavian. Foreign born people are also an important part of Thermal's cultural character, accounting for 55.72% of the town’s population. The most common language spoken in Thermal is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and German/Yiddish.
