Canyon Lake is a somewhat small city located in the state of California. With a population of 11,142 people and two associated neighborhoods, Canyon Lake is the 408th largest community in California. Housing costs in Canyon Lake 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.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Canyon Lake is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Canyon Lake is a city of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Canyon Lake who work in sales jobs (16.02%), office and administrative support (15.18%), and management occupations (15.10%). Also of interest is that Canyon Lake has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 23.50% 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. In Canyon Lake, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 40.78 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. The education level of Canyon Lake citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 30.26% of adults in Canyon Lake have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Canyon Lake in 2022 was $58,583, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $234,332 for a family of four. However, Canyon Lake contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Canyon Lake is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Canyon Lake home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Canyon Lake residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Canyon Lake also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.77% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Canyon Lake include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Canyon Lake is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
