Poway is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 48,295 people and nine constituent neighborhoods, Poway is the 162nd largest community in California.

Poway is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 85.10% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Poway is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Poway who work in management occupations (15.09%), office and administrative support jobs (14.16%), and sales jobs (12.43%).

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

In addition, Poway is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Because of many things, Poway is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Poway 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, Poway has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Poway's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Even though Poway is not a small city, it doesn't have a public transportation system that anybody uses for their daily commute to work.

Poway Information and Demographics

The education level of Poway citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (14.96%): 39.32% of adults in Poway have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Poway in 2000 was $29,788, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $119,152 for a family of four. However, Poway contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Poway is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Poway home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Poway is White, followed by Asian. Poway also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.41% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Poway include German, English, Irish, Italian, French, European, and Polish.

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