Twentynine Palms is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 28,158 people and nine associated neighborhoods, Twentynine Palms is the 266th largest community in California.Twentynine Palms is a military town: the armed forces employs 31.33% of the workforce, making the military a major focus of life in the city. In the civilian sector, Healthcare and Accommodation are important in the local economy and are the city’s largest civilian employers, employing 17.12% and 14.82% of the civilian workforce respectively. Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 15.72 minutes getting to work every day.The percentage of people in Twentynine Palms who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 26.13% of adults in Twentynine Palms have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Twentynine Palms in 2022 was $26,734, which is lower middle income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $106,936 for a family of four. However, Twentynine Palms contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Twentynine Palms is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Twentynine Palms home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Twentynine Palms residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Twentynine Palms also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 26.00% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Twentynine Palms include German, Irish, English, Italian, and French. The most common language spoken in Twentynine Palms is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
