Galt is a somewhat small city located in the state of California. With a population of 19,525 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Galt is the 315th largest community in California.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Galt is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Galt is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Galt who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.45%), sales jobs (11.68%), and management occupations (5.81%).

In Galt, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.83 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

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

Galt Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Galt is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 14.96%: 14.02% of adults 25 and older in Galt have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Galt in 2000 was $16,620, which is lower middle income relative to California, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $66,480 for a family of four.

Galt is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Galt home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Galt is White, followed by Asian. Galt also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 33.43% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Galt include German, Irish, English, Italian, Portuguese, and French.

In addition, Galt has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (16.96%).

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