Arden-Arcade is a larger medium-sized coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of California. With a population of 96,004 people and 13 constituent neighborhoods, Arden-Arcade is the 61st largest community in California.

Arden-Arcade is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 85.02% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Arden-Arcade is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Arden-Arcade who work in office and administrative support jobs (18.55%), sales jobs (12.02%), and management occupations (9.92%).

Also of interest is that Arden-Arcade has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Arden-Arcade is a nice balance between life in a moderately big city and the interesting diversions and culture that come from having a big college student population. The thousands of students who arrive on campus every fall will find that Arden-Arcade has plenty of amenities and opportunities for them, while residents of Arden-Arcade enjoy the lectures, music, art, and economic trickle-down that colleges typically provide. "Town and Gown" complement each other in Arden-Arcade!

Not only is Arden-Arcade a town with many college students, but it also retains many recent graduates who are looking to start new careers, creating a decent-sized population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile. This makes it a good choice for other relocating single professionals. Here, these young singles will find many others like themselves, with opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Arden-Arcade is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

The town is also nautical, which means that parts of Arden-Arcade are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

Arden-Arcade Information and Demographics

The population of Arden-Arcade is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 14.96% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 34.38% of adults in Arden-Arcade have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Arden-Arcade in 2000 was $26,530, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $106,120 for a family of four.

Arden-Arcade is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Arden-Arcade home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Arden-Arcade is White, followed by African-American. Arden-Arcade also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.96% of the town's residents. Important ancestries of people in Arden-Arcade include German, English, Irish, Italian, and French.

The most common language spoken in Arden-Arcade is English. Some people also speak Spanish.