El Cajon is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 94,819 people and 23 constituent neighborhoods, El Cajon is the 62nd largest community in California.

Unlike some cities, El Cajon isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in El Cajon are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, El Cajon is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in El Cajon who work in office and administrative support jobs (18.91%), sales jobs (13.49%), and management occupations (7.06%).

There are many members of the armed forces living in El Cajon. You will notice when you visit or live here that some of the people you meet or see around town are employed by the armed services - even if they are not always in uniform.

El Cajon Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, El Cajon is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 14.96%: 14.45% of adults 25 and older in El Cajon have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in El Cajon in 2000 was $16,698, which is lower middle income relative to California, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $66,792 for a family of four.

El Cajon is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call El Cajon home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in El Cajon is White, followed by African-American. El Cajon also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 22.44% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in El Cajon include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Assyrian-Chaldean-Syriac.

In addition, El Cajon has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (17.49%).

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