The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Needles has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Needles a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 18.62 minutes getting to work every day.
Needles is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The population of Needles has a very low overall level of education: only 9.76% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.
The per capita income in Needles in 2022 was $27,969, which is lower middle income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $111,876 for a family of four. However, Needles contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Needles is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Needles home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Needles residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Needles also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 31.85% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Needles include German, Irish, English, Dutch, and French.
The most common language spoken in Needles is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
