Lathrop is a somewhat small city located in the state of California. With a population of 10,334 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Lathrop is the 426th largest community in California.

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Lathrop is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 37.6% of the Lathrop workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 24.7%. Overall, Lathrop is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Lathrop who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.57%), sales jobs (8.69%), and food service (5.55%).

One downside of living in Lathrop, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 39.01 minutes every day commuting to work.

Lathrop 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.

Lathrop Information and Demographics

The rate of college-level education in Lathrop is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 14.96%: just 10.91% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.

The per capita income in Lathrop in 2000 was $16,032, which is lower middle income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $64,128 for a family of four.

Lathrop is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Lathrop home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Lathrop is White, followed by Asian. Lathrop also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 39.61% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Lathrop include German, Portuguese, Irish, Italian, and English.

In addition, Lathrop has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (21.79%).

The languages spoken by people in Lathrop 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 Lathrop is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Other Pacific Island languages, and Tagalog.