Los Banos is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 47,044 people and nine associated neighborhoods, Los Banos is the 198th largest community in California.Los Banos is a blue-collar town, with 42.19% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Los Banos is a city of service providers, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Los Banos who work in management occupations (8.51%), office and administrative support (8.31%), and sales jobs (8.16%). One downside of living in Los Banos, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 39.09 minutes every day commuting to work. The rate of college-level education in Los Banos is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 11.98% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree. The per capita income in Los Banos in 2022 was $24,756, 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 $99,024 for a family of four. However, Los Banos contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Los Banos is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Los Banos 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 Los Banos, accounting for 72.86% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Los Banos residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Los Banos include German, Portuguese, Irish, English, and Italian. Los Banos also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 26.84%. The most common language spoken in Los Banos is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Portuguese.
