Rohnert Park is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 44,326 people and nine associated neighborhoods, Rohnert Park is the 202nd largest community in California. Housing costs in Rohnert Park 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.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Rohnert Park is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Rohnert Park is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Rohnert Park who work in office and administrative support (13.33%), sales jobs (10.00%), and management occupations (9.33%). Also of interest is that Rohnert Park has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.48% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.In addition, Rohnert Park is a college town. There are a lot of students in Rohnert Park attending college, and as a result Rohnert Park provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared to the needs and activities of students. The overall education level of Rohnert Park citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 31.42% of adults in Rohnert Park have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%. The per capita income in Rohnert Park in 2022 was $45,294, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $181,176 for a family of four. However, Rohnert Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Rohnert Park is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Rohnert Park home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rohnert Park residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Rohnert Park also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 30.97% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Rohnert Park include Irish, German, English, Italian, and European. The most common language spoken in Rohnert Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.
