Los Banos is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 48,553 people and nine associated neighborhoods, Los Banos is the 198th largest community in California.When you are in Los Banos, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 42.31% of Los Banos’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. 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 office and administrative support (8.75%), sales jobs (7.82%), and management occupations (6.91%). One downside of living in Los Banos, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 39.38 minutes every day commuting to work. The citizens of Los Banos are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 13.17% of adults in Los Banos have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree The per capita income in Los Banos in 2022 was $25,505, which is low income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $102,020 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 73.15% 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, Irish, Portuguese, English, and Italian. Foreign born people are also an important part of Los Banos's cultural character, accounting for 27.57% of the city’s population. The most common language spoken in Los Banos is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Portuguese.
