Duarte is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 21,486 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Duarte is the 300th largest community in California.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Duarte is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Duarte is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Duarte who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.71%), sales jobs (12.84%), and management occupations (7.22%).

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

As is often the case in a small city, Duarte doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Duarte Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Duarte who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 14.96%: 23.62% of adults in Duarte have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Duarte in 2000 was $19,648, 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 $78,592 for a family of four.

Duarte is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Duarte home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Duarte is White, followed by Asian. Duarte also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 43.14% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Duarte include German, English, Italian, and Irish.

Duarte also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 32.85%.

The most common language spoken in Duarte is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.