Mammoth Lakes is a somewhat small town located in the state of California. With a population of 7,187 people and two associated neighborhoods, Mammoth Lakes is the 465th largest community in California.
Housing costs in Mammoth Lakes 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.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 12.82% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.
Another notable thing is that Mammoth Lakes is a major vacation destination. Much of the town’s population is seasonal: many people own second homes and only live there part-time, during the vacation season. The effect on the local economy is that many of the businesses are dependent on tourist dollars, and may operate only during the high season. As the vacation season ends, Mammoth Lakes’s population drops significantly, such that year-round residents will notice that the city is a much quieter place to live.
Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 14.79 minutes getting to work every day.
The percentage of people in Mammoth Lakes who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 26.91% of adults in Mammoth Lakes have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Mammoth Lakes in 2022 was $56,390, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $225,560 for a family of four. However, Mammoth Lakes contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Mammoth Lakes is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Mammoth Lakes home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mammoth Lakes residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Mammoth Lakes also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 27.54% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Mammoth Lakes include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Swedish.
In addition, Mammoth Lakes has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (22.58%).
The most common language spoken in Mammoth Lakes is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.