Irvine 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 143,034 people and 29 constituent neighborhoods, Irvine is the 28th largest community in California.

Irvine is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 93.32% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Irvine is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Irvine who work in management occupations (16.50%), sales jobs (14.16%), and office and administrative support jobs (13.92%).

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

Irvine is made interesting by being both a reasonably big city and having a major college student population: students here will find that the city provides a lot of amenities, culture, and opportunities for them. Irvine is more than just a college town, however, though the thousands of students certainly are a major part of the character of the city, as well as a contributor to the local economy.

Not only is Irvine a city with many college students, but it also retains many recent graduates who are looking to start new careers, creating a very large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile. That's because Irvine is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Irvine a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

The city is also nautical, which means that parts of Irvine 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.

Irvine Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Irvine. 58.38% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 14.96%.

The per capita income in Irvine in 2000 was $32,196, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $128,784 for a family of four.

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

In addition, Irvine has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (32.07%).

The languages spoken by people in Irvine 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 Irvine is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese, Spanish, Korean, Persian, Vietnamese, and Japanese.