Claremont is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 33,978 people and six constituent neighborhoods, Claremont is the 218th largest community in California.

Claremont is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 89.85% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Claremont is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Claremont who work in teaching (19.84%), office and administrative support jobs (13.62%), and management occupations (12.35%).

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

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

Claremont is also a major college town with a large number of people who are 18 years or older and attending college. As is often the case in college towns, the many students that live in Claremont have a strong influence on the local culture and entertainment scene, which may seem dormant by comparison in the summer months when much of the student population is away. In the fall, the return of students has a reinvigorating effect on the community. Because colleges are lasting institutions, they have a stabilizing effect on the economy by providing direct local benefits such as jobs for faculty and staff and spending by students. Claremont's economy is one such example of this.

In addition, Claremont 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.

Even though Claremont is not a small city, it doesn't have a public transportation system that anybody uses for their daily commute to work.

Claremont Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Claremont is a pretty powerful place. 52.36% of the adults in Claremont have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Claremont in 2000 was $28,843, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $115,372 for a family of four.

Claremont is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Claremont home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Claremont is White, followed by Asian. Claremont also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.67% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Claremont include German, English, Irish, and Italian.

Claremont also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 15.83%.

The most common language spoken in Claremont is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.