Newport Beach 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 70,022 people and 17 constituent neighborhoods, Newport Beach is the 94th largest community in California.

Newport Beach is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 94.01% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Newport Beach is a city of managers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Newport Beach who work in management occupations (22.41%), sales jobs (19.43%), and office and administrative support jobs (9.65%).

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

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

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.29% 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.

One thing noticeable about Newport Beach, although not a huge city, is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That's because Newport Beach is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Newport Beach a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Newport Beach is also home to many people who can 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.

One of the nice things about Newport Beach 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.

Newport Beach Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Newport Beach. 58.48% 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 Newport Beach in 2000 was $63,015, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $252,060 for a family of four. However, Newport Beach contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Newport Beach home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Newport Beach is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Newport Beach include English, German, Irish, Italian, French, Scottish, Scotch-Irish, Swedish, and Polish.

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