Phelan is a somewhat small town located in the state of California. With a population of 13,859 people and three associated neighborhoods, Phelan is the 370th largest community in California.

A relatively large number of people in Phelan telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.29% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.

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, Phelan has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Phelan a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

One downside of living in Phelan is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Phelan, the average commute to work is 40.58 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Being a small town, Phelan does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The rate of college-level education in Phelan is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 11.09% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.

The per capita income in Phelan in 2022 was $24,700, 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 $98,800 for a family of four. However, Phelan contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Phelan is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Phelan home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Phelan residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Phelan also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 44.41% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Phelan include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Dutch.

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