Lake Elsinore is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 29,290 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Lake Elsinore is the 241st largest community in California.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Lake Elsinore is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Lake Elsinore is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Lake Elsinore who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.54%), sales jobs (14.53%), and management occupations (7.04%).

In Lake Elsinore, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 41.54 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Being a small city, Lake Elsinore does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Lake Elsinore Information and Demographics

The citizens of Lake Elsinore have a very low rate of college education: just 8.60% 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 Lake Elsinore in 2000 was $15,413, which is lower middle income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $61,652 for a family of four.

Lake Elsinore is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Lake Elsinore home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Lake Elsinore is White, followed by African-American. Lake Elsinore also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 38.28% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Lake Elsinore include German, English, Irish, and Italian.

In addition, Lake Elsinore has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (17.17%).

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