About Cambria

Cambria is a somewhat small coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of California. With a population of 6,218 people and just one neighborhood, Cambria is the 496th largest community in California.

Cambria is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 88.43% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Cambria is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Cambria who work in sales jobs (15.82%), office and administrative support jobs (13.06%), and building maintenance and grounds keeping (9.80%).

Of important note, Cambria is also a town of artists. Cambria has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Cambria's character.

A relatively large number of people in Cambria telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.91% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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 of the nice things about Cambria is that is it nautical, meaning that parts of the town are somewhat historic and on the ocean, or touch tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities. This is definately true of Cambria, which supports a strong tourist economy.

Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 18.47 minutes getting to work every day.

Cambria is a very car-oriented town. 97.7% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Cambria is a small town, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Cambria has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

As is often the case in a small town, Cambria doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Cambria Information and Demographics

The citizens of Cambria are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 35.46% of adults in Cambria have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Cambria in 2000 was $29,620, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $118,480 for a family of four.

The people who call Cambria home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Cambria is White, followed by Asian. Cambria also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.38% of the town's residents. Important ancestries of people in Cambria include English, German, Irish, Italian, Scottish, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Cambria is English. Some people also speak Spanish.