Antioch is a relatively large city located in the state of California. With a population of 117,096 people and 21 associated neighborhoods, Antioch is the 55th largest community in California. Housing costs in Antioch are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in California.Antioch is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Antioch is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Antioch who work in office and administrative support (12.25%), management occupations (10.37%), and sales jobs (9.55%). Also of interest is that Antioch 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: 11.15% 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. One downside of living in Antioch is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Antioch, the average commute to work is 38.42 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the city, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative. Although the majority of commuting trips in the city are by private automobile, Antioch is somewhat unusual for a city of its size for having a substantial number of people who use public transportation. For a lot of people, the subway helps to get to and from their jobs every morning, which benefits everyone in the Antioch area by reducing both traffic and air pollution.The population of Antioch overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Antioch, 23.93% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Antioch in 2022 was $40,337, which is middle income relative to California, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $161,348 for a family of four. However, Antioch contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Antioch is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Antioch 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 Antioch, accounting for 36.06% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Antioch residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Antioch include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Portuguese. Antioch also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 23.82%. The most common language spoken in Antioch is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
