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Borrego Springs, CA
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Borrego Springs is a very small town located in the state of California. With a population of 3,073 people and two associated neighborhoods, Borrego Springs is the 609th largest community in California.

Of important note, Borrego Springs is also a town of artists. Borrego Springs has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Borrego Springs’s character.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 27.90% 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.

Another notable thing is that Borrego Springs is an extremely popular destination for tourists and seasonal residents. So much of the population is seasonal such that the town’s population swells significantly during the vacation season, and drops again when the season ends. Because of this, much of the local economy is centered around tourism; some businesses may be operated only during the high season. During the low season, year-round residents will notice that the city is a substantially quieter place to live.

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!) Borrego Springs 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. Borrego Springs has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Borrego Springs than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Borrego Springs may be for you.

As is often the case in a small town, Borrego Springs doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

The overall education level of Borrego Springs citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 31.50% of adults in Borrego Springs have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.

The per capita income in Borrego Springs in 2018 was $50,699, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $202,796 for a family of four. However, Borrego Springs contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Borrego Springs is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Borrego Springs home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Borrego Springs residents report their race to be White. Borrego Springs also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 35.37% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Borrego Springs include German, English, Irish, Scottish, and French.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Borrego Springs's cultural character, accounting for 23.12% of the town’s population.

The most common language spoken in Borrego Springs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.


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