Rolling Hills Estates is a somewhat small city located in the state of California. With a population of 7,669 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Rolling Hills Estates is the 466th largest community in California.

Rolling Hills Estates is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 91.87% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Rolling Hills Estates is a city of managers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Rolling Hills Estates who work in management occupations (24.86%), sales jobs (11.46%), and office and administrative support jobs (10.36%).

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

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

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their homes - 7.27% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

In addition, Rolling Hills Estates is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

Rolling Hills Estates is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The city's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Rolling Hills Estates's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

In Rolling Hills Estates, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.86 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Rolling Hills Estates is a very car-oriented city. 98.23% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Rolling Hills Estates is a small city, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Rolling Hills Estates has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

Being a small city, Rolling Hills Estates does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Rolling Hills Estates Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Rolling Hills Estates. 60.75% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 14.96%.

The per capita income in Rolling Hills Estates in 2000 was $51,849, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $207,396 for a family of four. However, Rolling Hills Estates contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Rolling Hills Estates is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Rolling Hills Estates home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Rolling Hills Estates is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Rolling Hills Estates include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Russian.

Rolling Hills Estates also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 19.01%.

The languages spoken by people in Rolling Hills Estates 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 Rolling Hills Estates is English. Other important languages spoken here include Japanese, Spanish, Chinese, and Korean.