Yucaipa is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 41,299 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Yucaipa is the 190th largest community in California.

Yucaipa is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Yucaipa is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Yucaipa who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.70%), sales jobs (11.00%), and management occupations (8.13%).

"If you live in Yucaipa, you are going to have to drive to get to work," say area residents. At least that is what most Yucaipa residents do (96.7%). Yucaipa 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.

Even though Yucaipa is not a small city, it doesn't have a public transportation system that anybody uses for their daily commute to work.

Yucaipa Information and Demographics

The education level of Yucaipa citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 14.26% of adults 25 and older in Yucaipa have a college degree.

The per capita income in Yucaipa in 2000 was $18,949, 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 $75,796 for a family of four.

Yucaipa is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Yucaipa home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Yucaipa is White, followed by Asian. Yucaipa also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.96% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Yucaipa include German, English, Irish, Italian, and French.

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