La Quinta is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 39,081 people and 12 associated neighborhoods, La Quinta is the 222nd largest community in California.
Housing costs in La Quinta 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.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 15.19% 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 La Quinta citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 38.88% of adults in La Quinta have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in La Quinta in 2022 was $62,742, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $250,968 for a family of four. However, La Quinta contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
La Quinta is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call La Quinta home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of La Quinta residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. La Quinta also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 37.09% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in La Quinta include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Polish.
In addition, La Quinta has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (15.17%).
The most common language spoken in La Quinta is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.