Borrego Springs is a very small town located in the state of California. With a population of 3,073 people and two associated neighborhoods, Borrego Springs is the 609th largest community in California.

Of important note, Borrego Springs is also a town of artists. Borrego Springs has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Borrego Springs’s character.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 27.90% 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.

Another notable thing is that Borrego Springs is a major vacation destination. Much of the town’s population is seasonal: many people own second homes and only live there part-time, during the vacation season. The effect on the local economy is that many of the businesses are dependent on tourist dollars, and may operate only during the high season. As the vacation season ends, Borrego Springs’s population drops significantly, such that year-round residents will notice that the city is a much quieter place to live.

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!) Borrego Springs 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. Borrego Springs has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Borrego Springs than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Borrego Springs may be for you.

As is often the case in a small town, Borrego Springs doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

The education level of Borrego Springs citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 31.50% of adults in Borrego Springs have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Borrego Springs in 2022 was $50,699, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $202,796 for a family of four. However, Borrego Springs contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Borrego Springs is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Borrego Springs home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Borrego Springs residents report their race to be White. Borrego Springs also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 35.37% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Borrego Springs include German, English, Irish, Scottish, and French.

In addition, Borrego Springs has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (23.12%).

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