Dana Point is a medium-sized coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of California. With a population of 34,851 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Dana Point is the 213rd largest community in California.

Dana Point is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 85.84% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Dana Point is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Dana Point who work in sales jobs (17.10%), management occupations (13.50%), and office and administrative support jobs (11.78%).

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

Dana Point, while not large, also appears to be attractive to some younger, educated professionals, who help shape the character of the city.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Dana Point is also home to many people who can 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.

The city is also nautical, which means that parts of Dana Point 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.

Dana Point Information and Demographics

The education level of Dana Point citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (14.96%): 41.00% of adults in Dana Point have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Dana Point in 2000 was $37,938, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $151,752 for a family of four. However, Dana Point contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Dana Point is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Dana Point home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Dana Point is White, followed by Asian. Dana Point also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.48% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Dana Point include German, English, Irish, Italian, and French.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Dana Point's cultural character, accounting for 15.66% of the city's population.

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