San Jacinto is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 55,470 people and ten associated neighborhoods, San Jacinto is the 170th largest community in California. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in San Jacinto, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to San Jacinto, and putting down their money on brand new construction. San Jacinto’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. San Jacinto does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $73,682.00.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.81% 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 San Jacinto, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 36.69 minutes every day commuting to work.

The percentage of adults in San Jacinto with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 13.01% of adults in San Jacinto have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in San Jacinto in 2018 was $24,560, which is low income relative to California, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $98,240 for a family of four. However, San Jacinto contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

San Jacinto is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call San Jacinto home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in San Jacinto, accounting for 61.23% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of San Jacinto residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in San Jacinto include Irish, German, English, Italian, and French.

In addition, San Jacinto has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (17.31%).

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