About Emeryville

Emeryville is a somewhat small coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of California. With a population of 6,882 people and just one neighborhood, Emeryville is the 483rd largest community in California.

Emeryville is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 87.81% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Emeryville is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Emeryville who work in management occupations (11.48%), office and administrative support jobs (10.94%), and sales jobs (10.65%).

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

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

In addition, Emeryville is a college town. There are a lot of students in Emeryville attending college, and as a result Emeryville provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared to the needs and activities of students.

For a small city, there is also a high proportion of single, often educated, people living in Emeryville. This is not typical for most smaller communities in America, and adds a feeling of vibrancy to Emeryville.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Emeryville 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 Emeryville 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.

Being a small city, Emeryville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Emeryville Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Emeryville, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Emeryville is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 53.53% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Emeryville in 2000 was $33,260, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $133,040 for a family of four.

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

Emeryville also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 27.97%.

The languages spoken by people in Emeryville are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Emeryville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Chinese, Other Indic languages, and Korean.