Anza is a very small town located in the state of California. With a population of 3,075 people and two associated neighborhoods, Anza is the 608th largest community in California.Anza is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Anza is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Anza who work in sales jobs (20.29%), maintenance occupations (9.92%), and food service (8.79%). Another notable thing is that Anza is a major vacation destination. Much of the town’s population is seasonal: many people own second homes and only live there part-time, during the vacation season. The effect on the local economy is that many of the businesses are dependent on tourist dollars, and may operate only during the high season. As the vacation season ends, Anza’s population drops significantly, such that year-round residents will notice that the city is a much quieter place to live. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Anza has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Anza has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Anza than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Anza may be for you. In Anza, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.20 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. As is often the case in a small town, Anza doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The education level of Anza citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.72% of adults in Anza have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Anza in 2022 was $31,096, which is lower middle income relative to California, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $124,384 for a family of four. However, Anza contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Anza is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Anza home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Anza residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Anza also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.43% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Anza include Norwegian, German, French, English, and European. The most common language spoken in Anza is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Korean.
