About Grand Terrace

Grand Terrace is a somewhat small town located in the state of California. With a population of 11,112 people and just one neighborhood, Grand Terrace is the 409th largest community in California.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Grand Terrace is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Grand Terrace is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Grand Terrace who work in office and administrative support jobs (19.16%), management occupations (11.11%), and sales jobs (10.46%).

In addition, Grand Terrace 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.

Grand Terrace is a very car-oriented town. 97.73% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Grand Terrace is a small town, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Grand Terrace has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

As is often the case in a small town, Grand Terrace doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Grand Terrace Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Grand Terrace is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 25.75% of adults in Grand Terrace have a college degree.

The per capita income in Grand Terrace in 2000 was $22,313, which is middle income relative to California, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $89,252 for a family of four.

Grand Terrace is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Grand Terrace home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Grand Terrace is White, followed by Asian. Grand Terrace also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 24.87% of the town's residents. Important ancestries of people in Grand Terrace include German, English, Irish, and Italian.

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