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%). The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Thermal has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Thermal a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. As is often the case in a small town, Thermal doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The population of Thermal has a very low overall level of education: only 8.70% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher. 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. Thermal also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 55.72%. The most common language spoken in Thermal is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and German/Yiddish.
