Citrus Heights is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 86,433 people and 20 associated neighborhoods, Citrus Heights is the 94th largest community in California.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Citrus Heights is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Citrus Heights is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Citrus Heights who work in office and administrative support (14.62%), sales jobs (11.51%), and food service (8.67%). Also of interest is that Citrus Heights 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: 13.45% 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. The population of Citrus Heights overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Citrus Heights, 22.04% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Citrus Heights in 2022 was $35,722, 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 $142,888 for a family of four. However, Citrus Heights contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Citrus Heights is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Citrus Heights home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Citrus Heights residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Citrus Heights also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 19.66% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Citrus Heights include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Ukrainian. Citrus Heights also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 15.14%. The most common language spoken in Citrus Heights is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Slavic languages.
