Yorba Linda is a larger medium-sized coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of California. With a population of 58,595 people and six constituent neighborhoods, Yorba Linda is the 124th largest community in California.

Yorba Linda is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 88.55% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Yorba Linda is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Yorba Linda who work in management occupations (17.55%), office and administrative support jobs (15.96%), and sales jobs (14.64%).

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

In addition, Yorba Linda 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, Yorba Linda 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, Yorba Linda really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Yorba Linda 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.

The city is also nautical, which means that parts of Yorba Linda are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Quite often, nautical areas such as these attract visitors and locals who come to enjoy the scenery and various waterfront activities.

In Yorba Linda, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.35 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

One notable thing about Yorba Linda is that if you need to go anywhere, you're going to have to drive. This is because Yorba Linda is primarily built for cars, and if you drive around you will notice that there are lots of shopping centers, parking lots, strip malls, and wide streets. Commuting to work is done by car: 97.9% of people use private automobiles to get to and from work. Sidewalks? Not so much. In fact, trying to walk in certain parts of town may be a dangerous enterprise.

Yorba Linda Information and Demographics

The education level of Yorba Linda citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (14.96%): 41.47% of adults in Yorba Linda have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Yorba Linda in 2000 was $36,173, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $144,692 for a family of four. However, Yorba Linda contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Yorba Linda is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Yorba Linda home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Yorba Linda is White, followed by Asian. Yorba Linda also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.40% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Yorba Linda include German, English, Irish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Yorba Linda is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.