Overview Oro Grande is a very small town located in the state of California. With a population of 1,419 people and just one neighborhood, Oro Grande is the 707th largest community in California. Occupations and Workforce Oro Grande is a blue-collar town, with 39.42% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Oro Grande is a town of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Oro Grande who work in sales jobs (12.82%), healthcare suport services (6.99%), and maintenance occupations (5.44%). Of important note, Oro Grande is also a town of artists. Oro Grande has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Oro Grande鈥檚 character. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 14.95% 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. Setting & Lifestyle It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Oro Grande has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Oro Grande has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Oro Grande than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Oro Grande may be for you. Oro Grande Demographics The citizens of Oro Grande are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.72% of adults in Oro Grande have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree The per capita income in Oro Grande in 2022 was $22,872, which is low income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $91,488 for a family of four. However, Oro Grande contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Oro Grande is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Oro Grande 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 Oro Grande, accounting for 42.73% of the town鈥檚 residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Oro Grande residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Oro Grande include German, African, European, Scottish, and Irish. Oro Grande also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 18.97%. The most common language spoken in Oro Grande is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.