Lucerne Valley is a somewhat small town located in the state of California. With a population of 5,331 people and two associated neighborhoods, Lucerne Valley is the 510th largest community in California.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Lucerne Valley has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Lucerne Valley a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Lucerne Valley is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Lucerne Valley, the average commute to work is 37.71 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
The percentage of adults in Lucerne Valley with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 15.74% of adults in Lucerne Valley have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Lucerne Valley in 2022 was $22,888, which is low income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $91,552 for a family of four. However, Lucerne Valley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Lucerne Valley also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 35.59% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Lucerne Valley is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Lucerne Valley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lucerne Valley residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Lucerne Valley also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 30.32% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Lucerne Valley include German, Irish, English, European, and Polish.
In addition, Lucerne Valley has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (16.45%).
The most common language spoken in Lucerne Valley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Korean.