Davis is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 60,341 people and 12 constituent neighborhoods, Davis is the 115th largest community in California.

Davis is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 92.20% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Davis is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Davis who work in teaching (15.61%), office and administrative support jobs (12.51%), and management occupations (10.31%).

And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Davis has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too.

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

Davis 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 Davis 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. Davis's economy is one such example of this.

Not only is Davis a city with many college students, but it also retains many recent graduates who are looking to start new careers, creating a very large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile. That's because Davis is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Davis a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

Davis is a decent-sized city, yet no one gets to work using public transit, because the city has no real transit system.

Davis Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Davis. 68.64% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 14.96%.

The per capita income in Davis in 2000 was $22,937, which is upper middle income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $91,748 for a family of four.

Davis is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Davis home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Davis is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Davis include German, English, Irish, Italian, and European.

In addition, Davis has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (17.18%).

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