Sierra Madre is a somewhat small city located in the state of California. With a population of 10,809 people and two associated neighborhoods, Sierra Madre is the 407th largest community in California.

Sierra Madre home prices are not only among the most expensive in California, but Sierra Madre real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

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

Also of interest is that Sierra Madre has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 22.20% 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.

Despite being a small city, Sierra Madre has a lot of people using the subway to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the subway are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Sierra Madre, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Sierra Madre is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 64.70% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.

The per capita income in Sierra Madre in 2022 was $80,210, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $320,840 for a family of four.

Sierra Madre is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Sierra Madre home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sierra Madre residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Sierra Madre also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.09% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Sierra Madre include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Scottish.

In addition, Sierra Madre has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (18.42%).

The most common language spoken in Sierra Madre is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese and Spanish.