Woodside is a somewhat small town located in the state of California. With a population of 5,253 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Woodside is the 519th largest community in California.

Woodside is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 94.00% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Woodside is a town of managers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Woodside who work in management occupations (26.90%), sales jobs (10.53%), and business and financial occupations (9.22%).

Also of interest is that Woodside 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: 12.52% 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.

In addition, Woodside 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.

Because of many things, Woodside is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Woodside 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 town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Woodside has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Woodside's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Being a small town, Woodside does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Woodside Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Woodside is a pretty powerful place. 67.10% of the adults in Woodside 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 Woodside in 2000 was $104,667, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $418,668 for a family of four. However, Woodside contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Woodside home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Woodside is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Woodside include English, German, Irish, Italian, European, Scottish, Swedish, Russian, French, and Norwegian.

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