San Marino is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 11,977 people and three associated neighborhoods, San Marino is the 389th largest community in California. San Marino home prices are not only among the most expensive in California, but San Marino real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.San Marino is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 93.31% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, San Marino is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in San Marino who work in management occupations (18.31%), healthcare (14.88%), and sales jobs (10.92%). Of important note, San Marino is also a city of artists. San Marino has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape San Marino’s character. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 25.15% 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. In addition, San Marino is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates". Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums. Because of many things, San Marino is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, San Marino really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is San Marino perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live. Despite being a small city, San Marino has a lot of people using the bus to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the bus are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in San Marino. 80.21% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 21.84%. The per capita income in San Marino in 2022 was $90,890, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $363,560 for a family of four. San Marino is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call San Marino home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of San Marino residents report their race to be Asian, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in San Marino include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Polish. Foreign born people are also an important part of San Marino's cultural character, accounting for 46.63% of the city’s population. The most common language spoken in San Marino is Chinese. Other important languages spoken here include English and Spanish.
