Lathrop is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 39,857 people and five associated neighborhoods, Lathrop is the 263rd largest community in California. Much of the housing stock in Lathrop was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Lathrop economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Lathrop, where the median household income is $118,605.00. Housing costs in Lathrop 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.Lathrop is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Lathrop is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lathrop who work in office and administrative support (11.84%), sales jobs (10.03%), and management occupations (8.64%). Also of interest is that Lathrop 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: 10.04% 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 Lathrop, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 36.74 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. The education level of Lathrop citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 23.75% of adults in Lathrop have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Lathrop in 2022 was $36,037, 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 $144,148 for a family of four. However, Lathrop contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Lathrop is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Lathrop 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 Lathrop, accounting for 35.12% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Lathrop residents report their race to be Asian, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Lathrop include German, Scots-Irish, Irish, Italian, and English. Lathrop also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 31.02%. The most common language spoken in Lathrop is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
