Duarte is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 21,807 people and six associated neighborhoods, Duarte is the 306th largest community in California.

Housing costs in Duarte 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.

Also of interest is that Duarte has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 11.36% 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.

One downside of living in Duarte, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.98 minutes every day commuting to work.

In terms of college education, Duarte is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 33.27% of adults in Duarte have a college degree.

The per capita income in Duarte in 2022 was $37,833, which is middle income relative to California, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $151,332 for a family of four. However, Duarte contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Duarte is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Duarte 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 Duarte, accounting for 50.03% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Duarte residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Duarte include English, German, Italian, Irish, and Armenian.

In addition, Duarte has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (33.45%).

The most common language spoken in Duarte is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.