Livermore 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 73,436 people and 13 constituent neighborhoods, Livermore is the 89th largest community in California.

Unlike some cities, Livermore isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Livermore are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Livermore is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Livermore who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.34%), management occupations (12.59%), and sales jobs (10.63%).

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

One of the nice things about Livermore is that is it nautical, meaning that parts of the city are somewhat historic and on the ocean, or touch tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

One downside of living in Livermore is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Livermore, the average commute to work is 31.33 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Livermore is a decent-sized city, yet no one gets to work using public transit, because the city has no real transit system.

Livermore Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Livermore 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: 31.57% of adults in Livermore have a college degree.

The per capita income in Livermore in 2000 was $31,062, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $124,248 for a family of four. However, Livermore contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Livermore is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Livermore home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Livermore is White, followed by Asian. Livermore also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.38% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Livermore include German, Irish, English, Italian, Portuguese, French, and European.

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