Montclair is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 33,119 people and four constituent neighborhoods, Montclair is the 223rd largest community in California.

Montclair is a blue-collar town, with 36.1% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 24.7%. Overall, Montclair is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Montclair who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.53%), sales jobs (11.39%), and food service (5.52%).

One downside of living in Montclair, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.57 minutes every day commuting to work.

Montclair Information and Demographics

The citizens of Montclair have a very low rate of college education: just 9.56% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 14.96% for all cities.

The per capita income in Montclair in 2000 was $13,556, which is lower middle income relative to California, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $54,224 for a family of four.

Montclair is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Montclair home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Montclair, accounting for 60.12% of the city's residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The most prevalent race in Montclair is Asian, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Montclair include German, Irish, English, and Italian.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Montclair's cultural character, accounting for 34.10% of the city's population.

The most common language spoken in Montclair is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Vietnamese.