Diamond Bar is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 52,855 people and 11 associated neighborhoods, Diamond Bar is the 164th largest community in California. Housing costs in Diamond Bar 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.Diamond Bar is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 89.49% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Diamond Bar is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Diamond Bar who work in management occupations (14.15%), sales jobs (12.36%), and office and administrative support (11.85%). Also of interest is that Diamond Bar has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Diamond Bar telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 14.51% 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. One downside of living in Diamond Bar, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 34.62 minutes every day commuting to work. If knowledge is power, Diamond Bar is a pretty powerful place. 51.92% of the adults in Diamond Bar have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns. The per capita income in Diamond Bar in 2022 was $45,516, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $182,064 for a family of four. However, Diamond Bar contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Diamond Bar is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Diamond Bar home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Diamond Bar residents report their race to be Asian, followed by White. Diamond Bar also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.98% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Diamond Bar include German, English, Irish, Italian, and French. Diamond Bar also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 45.18%. The most common language spoken in Diamond Bar is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese and Spanish.
