Saratoga is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 29,855 people and six constituent neighborhoods, Saratoga is the 237th largest community in California.

Saratoga is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 94.84% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Saratoga is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Saratoga who work in management occupations (27.12%), sales jobs (10.58%), and computer science and math (9.74%).

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

In addition, Saratoga is home to many people who could 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.

Because of many things, Saratoga is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Saratoga really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Saratoga perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

Saratoga is a very car-oriented city. This is because most people - 97.3% - drive by car to work every day, and few people choose alternative modes of transportation, such as public transit, cycling, or walking. In general, car-oriented communities have a layout that emphasizes streets, highways, and ease of parking, and sometimes this can be to the detriment of human-scale priorities such as walkability alongside roads, and public spaces. For example, strip malls are something you will find in Saratoga.

Saratoga Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Saratoga is a pretty powerful place. 68.17% of the adults in Saratoga 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 Saratoga in 2000 was $65,400, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $261,600 for a family of four. However, Saratoga contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Saratoga is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Saratoga home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Saratoga is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Saratoga include English, German, Irish, Italian, Scottish, and Iranian.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Saratoga's cultural character, accounting for 25.64% of the city's population.

The most common language spoken in Saratoga is English. Some people also speak Chinese.