Hacienda Heights is a larger medium-sized town located in the state of California. With a population of 53,112 people and seven constituent neighborhoods, Hacienda Heights is the 149th largest community in California.

Unlike some towns, Hacienda Heights isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Hacienda Heights are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Hacienda Heights is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hacienda Heights who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.85%), sales jobs (15.04%), and management occupations (11.65%).

Also of interest is that Hacienda Heights has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Hacienda Heights is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

In Hacienda Heights, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.56 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Hacienda Heights Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Hacienda Heights is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 30.71% of adults in Hacienda Heights have a college degree.

The per capita income in Hacienda Heights in 2000 was $21,893, 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 $87,572 for a family of four.

Hacienda Heights is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Hacienda Heights home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Hacienda Heights is White, followed by Asian. Hacienda Heights also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 38.06% of the town's residents. Important ancestries of people in Hacienda Heights include German and English.

In addition, Hacienda Heights has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (40.18%).

The languages spoken by people in Hacienda Heights are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Hacienda Heights is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Chinese, and Korean.