Lucerne Valley is a somewhat small town located in the state of California. With a population of 5,331 people and two associated neighborhoods, Lucerne Valley is the 510th largest community in California.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Lucerne Valley is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 35.03% of the Lucerne Valley workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Lucerne Valley is a town of service providers, construction workers and builders, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lucerne Valley who work in maintenance occupations (15.95%), office and administrative support (9.66%), and healthcare suport services (7.88%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.28% 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. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Lucerne Valley has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Lucerne Valley has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Lucerne Valley than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Lucerne Valley may be for you. One downside of living in Lucerne Valley, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 39.46 minutes every day commuting to work. In terms of college education, the citizens of Lucerne Valley rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.31% of adults 25 and older in Lucerne Valley have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community. The per capita income in Lucerne Valley in 2022 was $22,835, which is low income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $91,340 for a family of four. However, Lucerne Valley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Lucerne Valley also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 32.41% of its population below the federal poverty line.Lucerne Valley is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Lucerne Valley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lucerne Valley residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Lucerne Valley also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 35.35% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Lucerne Valley include English, Irish, German, Italian, and European. The most common language spoken in Lucerne Valley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
