Hesperia is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 62,578 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Hesperia is the 110th largest community in California.

When you are in Hesperia, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 37.7% of Hesperia's employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 24.7% that do. Overall, Hesperia is a city of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hesperia who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.00%), sales jobs (12.18%), and teaching (5.63%).

One downside of living in Hesperia is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Hesperia, the average commute to work is 39.11 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

One notable thing about Hesperia is that if you need to go anywhere, you're going to have to drive. This is because Hesperia is primarily built for cars, and if you drive around you will notice that there are lots of shopping centers, parking lots, strip malls, and wide streets. Commuting to work is done by car: 96.7% of people use private automobiles to get to and from work. Sidewalks? Not so much. In fact, trying to walk in certain parts of town may be a dangerous enterprise.

Hesperia is a decent-sized city, yet no one gets to work using public transit, because the city has no real transit system.

Hesperia Information and Demographics

The citizens of Hesperia have a very low rate of college education: just 7.98% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 14.96% for all cities.

The per capita income in Hesperia in 2000 was $15,487, which is lower middle income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $61,948 for a family of four.

Hesperia is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Hesperia home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Hesperia is White, followed by African-American. Hesperia also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 29.52% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Hesperia include German, English, Irish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Hesperia is English. Some people also speak Spanish.