Needles is a very small city located in the state of California. With a population of 4,852 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Needles is the 529th largest community in California.

Needles is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Needles is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Needles who work in food service (10.76%), sales jobs (8.39%), and office and administrative support jobs (7.99%).

One of the benefits of Needles is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.29 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

Needles 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.

Needles Information and Demographics

The population of Needles has a very low overall level of education: only 9.33% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.

The per capita income in Needles in 2000 was $15,156, which is lower middle income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $60,624 for a family of four.

Needles is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Needles home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Needles is White, followed by Native American. Needles also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.51% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Needles include German, English, Irish, French, and Italian.

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