Redwood City 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 75,447 people and 17 constituent neighborhoods, Redwood City is the 88th largest community in California.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Redwood City is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Redwood City is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Redwood City who work in office and administrative support jobs (13.54%), management occupations (12.96%), and sales jobs (10.46%).

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

Another interesting thing about Redwood City, despite not being a huge city, is that there is a relatively high proportion of people living here who are young, single, and upwardly-mobile professionals. This makes it a good choice for other relocating single professionals. Here, these young singles will find many others like themselves, with opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Redwood City is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates." While both of these categories describe educated professionals, urban sophisticates are quite a different demographic. Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

The city is also nautical, which means that parts of Redwood City are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

Redwood City Information and Demographics

The education level of Redwood City citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (14.96%): 35.68% of adults in Redwood City have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Redwood City in 2000 was $34,042, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $136,168 for a family of four. However, Redwood City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Redwood City is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Redwood City home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Redwood City is White, followed by Asian. Redwood City also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 31.07% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Redwood City include German, Italian, Irish, and English.

Redwood City also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 30.05%.

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