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 great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Saratoga a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The city's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Saratoga has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Saratoga's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Residents of Saratoga by-and-large get to work each day by driving: 97.3% use their own cars for their daily commute, making it a very car-oriented city. While Saratoga may be a convenient place for driving around town, the negative aspect of this is that places that are suitable for walking or bicycling to and from work or stores may be few and far between. In general, car-oriented communities emphasize roads and convenience of driving, but not have a lot of walking-friendly areas to get from home to work, and tend not to have a lot of public transportation options.

Saratoga Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Saratoga, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Saratoga is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 68.17% 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 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.

In addition, Saratoga has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (25.64%).

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