Sierra Madre is a somewhat small city located in the state of California. With a population of 10,578 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Sierra Madre is the 421st largest community in California.

Sierra Madre is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 90.57% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Sierra Madre is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sierra Madre who work in management occupations (15.58%), office and administrative support jobs (14.89%), and sales jobs (10.28%).

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

Also of interest is that Sierra Madre 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 - 7.36% 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.

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

In addition to being popular with young singles, Sierra Madre is also home to many people who can 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.

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

Sierra Madre Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Sierra Madre, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Sierra Madre is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 49.72% 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 Sierra Madre in 2000 was $41,104, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $164,416 for a family of four. However, Sierra Madre contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Sierra Madre is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Sierra Madre home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Sierra Madre is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Sierra Madre include German, English, Irish, Italian, Polish, Swedish, Scottish, and Armenian.

The most common language spoken in Sierra Madre is English. Some people also speak Spanish.