About Montecito

Montecito is a somewhat small town located in the state of California. With a population of 10,090 people and just one neighborhood, Montecito is the 433rd largest community in California.

Montecito is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 94.09% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Montecito is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Montecito who work in management occupations (18.85%), sales jobs (13.23%), and art, media and design (11.02%).

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

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 18.36% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

In addition, Montecito is a college town. There are a lot of students in Montecito attending college, and as a result Montecito provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared to the needs and activities of students.

In addition, Montecito is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

Montecito is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Montecito Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Montecito, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Montecito is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 63.53% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Montecito in 2000 was $70,077, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $280,308 for a family of four. However, Montecito contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Montecito home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Montecito is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Montecito include English, German, Irish, Scottish, European, Italian, Norwegian, French, and Russian.

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