La Palma is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 15,029 people and three associated neighborhoods, La Palma is the 352nd largest community in California.

Housing costs in La Palma 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 La Palma 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: 12.45% 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.

One downside of living in La Palma, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.22 minutes every day commuting to work.

La Palma is one of the most well-educated cities in the nation. 48.82% of adults in La Palma have at least a bachelor's degree. Compare that to the average community in America, which has just 21.84% with a bachelor's degree or higher.

The per capita income in La Palma in 2022 was $53,050, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $212,200 for a family of four. However, La Palma contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

La Palma is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call La Palma home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of La Palma residents report their race to be Asian, followed by White. La Palma also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.90% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in La Palma include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Iranian.

In addition, La Palma has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (37.40%).

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