Santa Clarita is a relatively large city located in the state of California. With a population of 221,345 people and 52 associated neighborhoods, Santa Clarita is the 17th largest community in California. Housing costs in Santa Clarita 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.Santa Clarita is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Santa Clarita is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Santa Clarita who work in management occupations (13.26%), sales jobs (11.20%), and office and administrative support (10.64%). Of important note, Santa Clarita is also a city of artists. Santa Clarita has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Santa Clarita’s character. Also of interest is that Santa Clarita has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 13.70% 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. One downside of living in Santa Clarita, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.63 minutes every day commuting to work. The population of Santa Clarita is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 38.66% of adults in Santa Clarita have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Santa Clarita in 2022 was $47,057, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $188,228 for a family of four. However, Santa Clarita contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Santa Clarita is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Santa Clarita home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Santa Clarita residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Santa Clarita also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 36.69% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Santa Clarita include German, English, Irish, Italian, and European. Foreign born people are also an important part of Santa Clarita's cultural character, accounting for 21.17% of the city’s population. The most common language spoken in Santa Clarita is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
