Rancho Cordova is a larger medium-sized coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of California. With a population of 54,586 people and nine constituent neighborhoods, Rancho Cordova is the 143rd largest community in California.

Unlike some towns, Rancho Cordova isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Rancho Cordova are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Rancho Cordova is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Rancho Cordova who work in office and administrative support jobs (22.32%), sales jobs (9.96%), and management occupations (6.88%).

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

One of the nice things about Rancho Cordova is that is it nautical, meaning that parts of the town 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.

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

Rancho Cordova Information and Demographics

The population of Rancho Cordova overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 14.96%. Of adults 25 and older in Rancho Cordova, 18.10% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Rancho Cordova in 2000 was $18,121, which is middle income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $72,484 for a family of four.

Rancho Cordova is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Rancho Cordova home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Rancho Cordova is White, followed by African-American. Rancho Cordova also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.81% of the town's residents. Important ancestries of people in Rancho Cordova include German, Irish, English, Ukrainian, Italian, and Russian.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Rancho Cordova's cultural character, accounting for 20.71% of the town's population.

The languages spoken by people in Rancho Cordova are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Rancho Cordova is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Russian, and Other Slavic languages.