Tracy is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 97,328 people and 28 associated neighborhoods, Tracy is the 84th largest community in California. Housing costs in Tracy 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, Tracy isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Tracy are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Tracy is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Tracy who work in office and administrative support (11.56%), sales jobs (10.68%), and management occupations (9.19%). Also of interest is that Tracy 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: 11.38% 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 Tracy, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 37.60 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. The citizens of Tracy are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 24.43% of adults in Tracy having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Tracy in 2022 was $40,041, 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 $160,164 for a family of four. However, Tracy contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Tracy is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Tracy home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Tracy, accounting for 40.98% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Tracy residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Tracy include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Portuguese. Tracy also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 27.80%. The most common language spoken in Tracy is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
