Lemon Grove is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 24,954 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Lemon Grove is the 274th largest community in California.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Lemon Grove is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Lemon Grove is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Lemon Grove who work in office and administrative support jobs (18.00%), sales jobs (12.02%), and management occupations (8.01%).

There are quite a few people in the armed forces living in Lemon Grove, and when you visit or drive around town, you will see military people in and out of uniform, shopping, enjoying life, and being part of the community.

Lemon Grove is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Lemon Grove Information and Demographics

The percentage of adults in Lemon Grove who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 14.96%: 15.27% of the adults in Lemon Grove have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Lemon Grove in 2000 was $17,002, which is lower middle income relative to California, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $68,008 for a family of four.

Lemon Grove is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Lemon Grove home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Lemon Grove is White, followed by African-American. Lemon Grove also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 28.46% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Lemon Grove include German, Irish, English, and Italian.

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