About Marina Del Rey

Marina Del Rey is a somewhat small coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of California. With a population of 17,751 people and just one neighborhood, Marina Del Rey is the 331st largest community in California.

Marina Del Rey is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 95.11% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Marina Del Rey is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Marina Del Rey who work in management occupations (18.96%), sales jobs (16.22%), and art, media and design (11.32%).

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

Of important note, Marina Del Rey is also a town of artists. Marina Del Rey has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Marina Del Rey's character.

A relatively large number of people in Marina Del Rey telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.76% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.

Marina Del Rey, while not large, also appears to be attractive to some younger, educated professionals, who help shape the character of the town.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Marina Del Rey is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates." While both of these categories describe educated professionals, urban sophisticates are quite a different demographic. 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.

The town is also nautical, which means that parts of Marina Del Rey 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.

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

Marina Del Rey Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Marina Del Rey. 60.26% 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 Marina Del Rey in 2000 was $67,210, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $268,840 for a family of four. However, Marina Del Rey contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Marina Del Rey is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Marina Del Rey home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Marina Del Rey is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Marina Del Rey include Irish, English, Russian, German, Italian, Polish, French, and Iranian.

Marina Del Rey also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 20.57%.

The most common language spoken in Marina Del Rey is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.