Desert Hot Springs is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 33,091 people and 11 associated neighborhoods, Desert Hot Springs is the 242nd largest community in California.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Desert Hot Springs is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Desert Hot Springs is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Desert Hot Springs who work in office and administrative support (14.32%), sales jobs (10.06%), and maintenance occupations (9.51%). The citizens of Desert Hot Springs are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.72% of adults in Desert Hot Springs have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree The per capita income in Desert Hot Springs in 2022 was $23,453, which is low income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $93,812 for a family of four. However, Desert Hot Springs contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Desert Hot Springs is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Desert Hot Springs home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Desert Hot Springs, accounting for 61.09% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Desert Hot Springs residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Desert Hot Springs include German, English, Irish, Italian, and French Canadian. In addition, Desert Hot Springs has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (23.60%). The most common language spoken in Desert Hot Springs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
