Citrus Heights is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 86,433 people and 20 associated neighborhoods, Citrus Heights is the 94th largest community in California.

Housing costs in Citrus Heights are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in California.

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

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 13.45% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

The education level of Citrus Heights citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 22.04% of adults in Citrus Heights have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Citrus Heights in 2022 was $35,722, 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 $142,888 for a family of four. However, Citrus Heights contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Citrus Heights is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Citrus Heights home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Citrus Heights residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Citrus Heights also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 19.66% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Citrus Heights include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Ukrainian.

In addition, Citrus Heights has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (15.14%).

The most common language spoken in Citrus Heights is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Slavic languages.