Menlo Park is a medium-sized coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of California. With a population of 30,786 people and 12 constituent neighborhoods, Menlo Park is the 233rd largest community in California.

Menlo Park is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 90.98% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Menlo Park is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Menlo Park who work in management occupations (19.50%), office and administrative support jobs (9.59%), and sales jobs (9.38%).

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

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

In addition, Menlo Park 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.

The city is also nautical, which means that parts of Menlo Park 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.

Menlo Park Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Menlo Park is a pretty powerful place. 61.66% of the adults in Menlo Park 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 Menlo Park in 2000 was $53,341, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $213,364 for a family of four. However, Menlo Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Menlo Park is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Menlo Park home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Menlo Park is White, followed by Asian. Menlo Park also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.10% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Menlo Park include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Russian.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Menlo Park's cultural character, accounting for 22.76% of the city's population.

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