Joshua Tree is a somewhat small town located in the state of California. With a population of 6,489 people and two associated neighborhoods, Joshua Tree is the 481st largest community in California.Joshua Tree is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Joshua Tree is a town of professionals, managers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Joshua Tree who work in management occupations (16.68%), office and administrative support (13.95%), and food service (10.04%). Of important note, Joshua Tree is also a town of artists. Joshua Tree has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Joshua Tree’s character. Also of interest is that Joshua Tree 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: 25.95% 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. In terms of college education, Joshua Tree is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 25.02% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Joshua Tree in 2022 was $33,512, which is lower middle income relative to California, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $134,048 for a family of four. However, Joshua Tree contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Joshua Tree is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Joshua Tree home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Joshua Tree residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Joshua Tree also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 22.30% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Joshua Tree include Irish, English, German, European, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Joshua Tree is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
