Indian Wells is a tiny town located in the state of Arizona. With a population of 232 people and two associated neighborhoods, Indian Wells is the 178th largest community in Arizona.Indian Wells is a blue-collar town, with 36.07% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Indian Wells is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Indian Wells who work in sales jobs (14.75%), food service (11.48%), and art, media, and design (11.48%). Of important note, Indian Wells is also a town of artists. Indian Wells has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Indian Wells’s character. A relatively large number of people in Indian Wells telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 14.75% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. The overall crime rate in Indian Wells is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime. 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, Indian Wells has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Indian Wells a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. In Indian Wells, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 50.58 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. Indian Wells 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.In terms of college education, Indian Wells ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 2.60% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Indian Wells in 2022 was $10,950, which is low income relative to Arizona and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $43,800 for a family of four. Indian Wells also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 36.68% of its population below the federal poverty line. The people who call Indian Wells home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Indian Wells residents report their race to be Native American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Indian Wells include Portuguese, Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, West Indian, and U.S. Virgin Islander. The most common language spoken in Indian Wells is Native American languages. Other important languages spoken here include Navajo and English.
