La Palma is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 15,194 people and three associated neighborhoods, La Palma is the 352nd largest community in California.

Housing costs in La Palma are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in California.

Also of interest is that La Palma has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 11.10% 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 La Palma, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.80 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to La Palma, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. La Palma is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 50.29% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.

The per capita income in La Palma in 2022 was $50,335, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $201,340 for a family of four. However, La Palma contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

La Palma is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call La Palma home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of La Palma residents report their race to be Asian, followed by White. La Palma also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 19.28% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in La Palma include German, English, Irish, Italian, and French.

In addition, La Palma has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (35.63%).

The most common language spoken in La Palma is English. Other important languages spoken here include Korean and Spanish.