Redondo 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 63,261 people and 13 constituent neighborhoods, Redondo Beach is the 107th largest community in California.

Redondo Beach is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 89.67% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Redondo Beach is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Redondo Beach who work in management occupations (16.43%), office and administrative support jobs (13.58%), and sales jobs (12.90%).

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

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

One thing noticeable about Redondo 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 Redondo 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 Redondo 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, Redondo Beach is also home to many people who can 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.

The city is also nautical, which means that parts of Redondo Beach are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Quite often, nautical areas such as these attract visitors and locals who come to enjoy the scenery and various waterfront activities.

Redondo Beach Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Redondo Beach, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Redondo Beach is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 47.99% 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 Redondo Beach in 2000 was $38,305, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $153,220 for a family of four. However, Redondo Beach contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Redondo Beach is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Redondo Beach home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Redondo Beach is White, followed by Asian. Redondo Beach also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.43% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Redondo Beach include German, Irish, English, and Italian.

Redondo Beach also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 16.97%.

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