Joshua Tree is a somewhat small town located in the state of California. With a population of 6,489 people and two associated neighborhoods, Joshua Tree is the 481st largest community in California.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Joshua Tree is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Joshua Tree is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Joshua Tree who work in management occupations (17.80%), office and administrative support (15.80%), and food service (8.21%). Also of interest is that Joshua Tree 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: 26.75% 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. Being a small town, Joshua Tree does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Joshua Tree citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 24.93% of adults in Joshua Tree have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Joshua Tree in 2022 was $31,173, which is lower middle income relative to California, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $124,692 for a family of four. However, Joshua Tree contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Joshua Tree is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Joshua Tree home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Joshua Tree residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Joshua Tree also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 25.09% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Joshua Tree include Irish, German, English, Italian, and European. The most common language spoken in Joshua Tree is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
