Martinez is a medium-sized coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of California. With a population of 36,167 people and ten constituent neighborhoods, Martinez is the 208th largest community in California.

Unlike some cities, Martinez isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Martinez are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Martinez is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Martinez who work in office and administrative support jobs (18.71%), sales jobs (12.31%), and management occupations (12.29%).

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

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

The city of Martinez is a decent size, but despite this, it doesn't have a viable public transit system that people can use to get to work.

Martinez Information and Demographics

The education level of Martinez citizens is substantially higher than the average US city or town, as 32.11% of adults in Martinez have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Martinez in 2000 was $29,701, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $118,804 for a family of four. However, Martinez contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Martinez is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Martinez home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Martinez is White, followed by Asian. Martinez also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.58% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Martinez include German, Irish, Italian, English, and Portuguese.

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