Turlock is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 72,888 people and 16 associated neighborhoods, Turlock is the 121st largest community in California.Turlock is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Turlock is a city of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Turlock who work in office and administrative support (9.94%), teaching (9.08%), and management occupations (8.96%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.35% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. In terms of college education, Turlock is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 26.51% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Turlock in 2022 was $38,196, 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 $152,784 for a family of four. However, Turlock contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Turlock is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Turlock 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 Turlock, accounting for 46.13% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Turlock residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Turlock include Portuguese, German, English, Irish, and Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac. In addition, Turlock has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (22.06%). The most common language spoken in Turlock is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Persian.
