Thousand Palms is a somewhat small town located in the state of California. With a population of 7,967 people and two associated neighborhoods, Thousand Palms is the 447th largest community in California.Unlike some towns, Thousand Palms isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Thousand Palms are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Thousand Palms is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Thousand Palms who work in maintenance occupations (16.14%), office and administrative support (13.74%), and sales jobs (12.29%). The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Thousand Palms has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Thousand Palms a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Thousand Palms is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The education level of Thousand Palms citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 19.50% of adults 25 and older in Thousand Palms have a college degree. The per capita income in Thousand Palms in 2022 was $27,813, which is lower middle income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $111,252 for a family of four. However, Thousand Palms contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Thousand Palms is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Thousand Palms 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 Thousand Palms, accounting for 63.65% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Thousand Palms residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Thousand Palms include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Scottish. Thousand Palms also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 17.52%. The most common language spoken in Thousand Palms is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
