Victorville is a relatively large city located in the state of California. With a population of 140,721 people and 29 associated neighborhoods, Victorville is the 45th largest community in California.Victorville is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Victorville is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Victorville who work in office and administrative support (11.39%), sales jobs (10.27%), and management occupations (6.45%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.72% 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. One downside of living in Victorville, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 35.09 minutes every day commuting to work. The percentage of people in Victorville with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.76% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Victorville in 2022 was $28,578, which is lower middle income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $114,312 for a family of four. However, Victorville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Victorville is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Victorville 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 Victorville, accounting for 58.66% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Victorville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Victorville include German, Irish, English, Italian, and European. Foreign born people are also an important part of Victorville's cultural character, accounting for 19.42% of the city’s population. The most common language spoken in Victorville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
