Quincy is a larger medium-sized coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 88,025 people and 16 constituent neighborhoods, Quincy is the tenth largest community in Massachusetts. Quincy has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Quincy is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Quincy is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Quincy who work in office and administrative support jobs (18.88%), sales jobs (10.86%), and management occupations (9.01%).

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

One thing noticeable about Quincy, although not a huge city, is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That's because Quincy is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Quincy a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Quincy 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.

The city is also nautical, which means that parts of Quincy are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

One downside of living in Quincy, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.09 minutes every day commuting to work.

Quincy Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Quincy is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 31.75% of adults in Quincy have a college degree.

The per capita income in Quincy in 2000 was $26,001, which is middle income relative to Massachusetts, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $104,004 for a family of four.

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

Foreign born people are also an important part of Quincy's cultural character, accounting for 20.04% of the city's population.

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