Yucaipa is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 54,420 people and 11 associated neighborhoods, Yucaipa is the 166th largest community in California. Housing costs in Yucaipa 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, Yucaipa is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Yucaipa is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Yucaipa who work in office and administrative support (10.51%), healthcare (10.28%), and sales jobs (9.56%). Also of interest is that Yucaipa 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: 9.11% 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. One downside of living in Yucaipa is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Yucaipa, the average commute to work is 31.30 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Even though Yucaipa is not a small city, it doesn't have a public transportation system that anybody uses for their daily commute to work.In terms of college education, Yucaipa is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 26.59% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Yucaipa in 2022 was $36,729, which is middle income relative to California, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $146,916 for a family of four. However, Yucaipa contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Yucaipa is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Yucaipa home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Yucaipa residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Yucaipa also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 33.84% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Yucaipa include German, English, Irish, European, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Yucaipa is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
