Chino Hills is a larger medium-sized town located in the state of California. With a population of 66,693 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Chino Hills is the 101st largest community in California.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Chino Hills is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Chino Hills is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Chino Hills who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.83%), sales jobs (13.69%), and management occupations (13.66%).

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

In addition, Chino Hills is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Because of many things, Chino Hills is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Chino Hills a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Chino Hills has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Chino Hills's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

One downside of living in Chino Hills, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 39.77 minutes every day commuting to work.

"If you live in Chino Hills, you are going to have to drive to get to work," say area residents. At least that is what most Chino Hills residents do (96.6%). Chino Hills is primarily built for cars, and driving around town will bare this out. Shopping centers, parking lots, strip malls, and wide streets are what you'll find. Sidewalks? Sure. But not everywhere, and walking to most places can be downright scary.

Chino Hills Information and Demographics

The population of Chino Hills is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 14.96% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 37.58% of adults in Chino Hills have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Chino Hills in 2000 was $26,175, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $104,700 for a family of four. However, Chino Hills contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Chino Hills is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Chino Hills home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Chino Hills is White, followed by Asian. Chino Hills also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 25.65% of the town's residents. Important ancestries of people in Chino Hills include German, Irish, English, and Italian.

In addition, Chino Hills has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (22.68%).

The languages spoken by people in Chino Hills 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 Chino Hills is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Tagalog, and Chinese.