Ione is a somewhat small city located in the state of California. With a population of 5,431 people and two associated neighborhoods, Ione is the 518th largest community in California. Much of the housing stock in Ione was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Ione economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Ione, where the median household income is $78,661.00.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Ione is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Ione is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Ione who work in office and administrative support (17.79%), law enforcement and fire fighting (8.05%), and management occupations (8.00%). Also of interest is that Ione 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 Ione telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.98% 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. Being a small city, Ione does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, Ione is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.34% of adults 25 and older in Ione have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Ione in 2022 was $41,244, 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 $164,976 for a family of four. However, Ione contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Ione is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Ione home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ione residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Ione also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.83% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Ione include German, English, Irish, Scottish, and European. The most common language spoken in Ione is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
