Rowland Heights is a medium-sized town located in the state of California. With a population of 48,231 people and ten associated neighborhoods, Rowland Heights is the 192nd largest community in California. Housing costs in Rowland Heights 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 towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Rowland Heights is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Rowland Heights is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Rowland Heights who work in office and administrative support (13.33%), management occupations (13.27%), and sales jobs (11.54%). Also of interest is that Rowland 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: 10.76% 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. One downside of living in Rowland Heights, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.38 minutes every day commuting to work. The education level of Rowland Heights citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 36.72% of adults in Rowland Heights have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Rowland Heights in 2022 was $36,848, 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 $147,392 for a family of four. However, Rowland Heights contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Rowland Heights is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Rowland Heights home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rowland Heights residents report their race to be Asian, followed by White. Rowland Heights also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 30.02% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Rowland Heights include English, Irish, German, Italian, and Russian. Rowland Heights also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 55.12%. The most common language spoken in Rowland Heights is Chinese. Other important languages spoken here include English and Spanish.
