Fountain Valley is a larger medium-sized coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of California. With a population of 54,995 people and 11 constituent neighborhoods, Fountain Valley is the 141st largest community in California.

Unlike some cities, Fountain Valley isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Fountain Valley are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Fountain Valley is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fountain Valley who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.02%), sales jobs (14.81%), and management occupations (11.79%).

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

In addition, Fountain Valley is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

The city is also nautical, which means that parts of Fountain Valley are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Quite often, nautical areas such as these attract visitors and locals who come to enjoy the scenery and various waterfront activities.

Fountain Valley is a very car-oriented city: 97% of people use private automobiles to get to and from work. In fact, the general consensus among people in Fountain Valley is that if you need to get anywhere, you're going to have to drive. The landscape is very car-oriented, and features shopping centers, strip malls, parking lots, and wide streets. Pedestrians are discouraged by the fact that sidewalks are not always present, which makes attempts at walking downright daunting in certain parts of town.

The city of Fountain Valley is a decent size, but despite this, it doesn't have a viable public transit system that people can use to get to work.

Fountain Valley Information and Demographics

The citizens of Fountain Valley are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 34.36% of adults in Fountain Valley have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Fountain Valley in 2000 was $26,521, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $106,084 for a family of four. However, Fountain Valley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Fountain Valley is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Fountain Valley home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Fountain Valley is White, followed by Asian. Fountain Valley also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.96% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Fountain Valley include German, English, Irish, and Italian.

In addition, Fountain Valley has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (27.59%).

The languages spoken by people in Fountain Valley 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 Fountain Valley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Vietnamese, Spanish, and Chinese.