Piedmont is a somewhat small city located in the state of California. With a population of 10,952 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Piedmont is the 412nd largest community in California. Piedmont has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

Piedmont is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 95.40% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Piedmont is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Piedmont who work in management occupations (18.51%), sales jobs (12.23%), and legal occupations (9.73%).

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

Also of interest is that Piedmont 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: 7.92% 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, Piedmont 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.

Because of many things, Piedmont is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Piedmont a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The city's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Piedmont has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Piedmont's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Being a small city, Piedmont does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Piedmont Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Piedmont. 77.85% 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 Piedmont in 2000 was $70,539, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $282,156 for a family of four. However, Piedmont contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Piedmont is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Piedmont home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Piedmont is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Piedmont include English, Irish, German, Russian, Italian, European, French, and Scotch-Irish.

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