Weed is a very small city located in the state of California. With a population of 2,811 people and two associated neighborhoods, Weed is the 618th largest community in California.
A relatively large number of people in Weed telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.79% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.
Because there are quite a few people attending college in Weed, it is thought of as a college town. To the benefit of the many students in the area, Weed provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards their needs and activities.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Weed spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.34 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
Weed 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.
In Weed, just 12.49% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Weed in 2022 was $48,339, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $193,356 for a family of four. However, Weed contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Weed also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 34.71% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Weed is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Weed home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Weed residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Weed also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.38% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Weed include English, German, Italian, Irish, and French.
The most common language spoken in Weed is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Laotian.