About Granite Bay

Granite Bay is a somewhat small town located in the state of California. With a population of 19,441 people and just one neighborhood, Granite Bay is the 317th largest community in California.

Granite Bay is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 91.38% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Granite Bay is a town of managers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Granite Bay who work in management occupations (22.30%), sales jobs (14.97%), and office and administrative support jobs (11.37%).

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

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their homes - 7.66% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

In addition, Granite Bay is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

Because of many things, Granite Bay is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Granite Bay really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Granite Bay perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

For most residents of Granite Bay, getting to work requires a car. In fact, 98.2% of people in Granite Bay drive alone to work on most days, making Granite Bay a very car-oriented town. In general, car-oriented communities tend to emphasize streets, highways, and ease of parking, often to the detriment of walkability. Strip centers are a feature of Granite Bay's landscape.

Being a small town, Granite Bay does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Granite Bay Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Granite Bay, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Granite Bay is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 49.59% 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 Granite Bay in 2000 was $46,140, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $184,560 for a family of four. However, Granite Bay contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Granite Bay home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Granite Bay is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Granite Bay include German, English, Irish, Italian, French, and Norwegian.

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