About Rio Del Mar

Rio Del Mar is a somewhat small coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of California. With a population of 9,133 people and just one neighborhood, Rio Del Mar is the 446th largest community in California.

Rio Del Mar is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 90.04% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Rio Del Mar is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Rio Del Mar who work in sales jobs (15.66%), management occupations (15.37%), and office and administrative support jobs (11.27%).

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

Also of interest is that Rio Del Mar 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: 7.65% 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.

For a small town, there is also a high proportion of single, often educated, people living in Rio Del Mar. This is not typical for most smaller communities in America, and adds a feeling of vibrancy to Rio Del Mar.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Rio Del Mar 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 town is also nautical, which means that parts of Rio Del Mar 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. This is certainly the case with Rio Del Mar, which has a vibrant tourist economy.

In Rio Del Mar, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.36 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Rio Del Mar is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Rio Del Mar, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 97.86% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

As is often the case in a small town, Rio Del Mar doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Rio Del Mar Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Rio Del Mar is a pretty powerful place. 53.98% of the adults in Rio Del Mar have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Rio Del Mar in 2000 was $39,034, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $156,136 for a family of four. However, Rio Del Mar contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Rio Del Mar home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Rio Del Mar is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Rio Del Mar include English, Irish, German, Italian, Scottish, French, Scotch-Irish, and Portuguese.

The most common language spoken in Rio Del Mar is English. Some people also speak Spanish.