Pleasanton is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 63,569 people and ten constituent neighborhoods, Pleasanton is the 106th largest community in California.

Pleasanton is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 89.46% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Pleasanton is a city of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Pleasanton who work in management occupations (20.03%), sales jobs (14.39%), and office and administrative support jobs (14.21%).

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

Another interesting thing about Pleasanton, despite not being a huge city, is that there is a relatively high proportion of people living here who are young, single, and upwardly-mobile professionals. This makes it a good choice for other relocating single professionals. Here, these young singles will find many others like themselves, with opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Pleasanton 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.

In Pleasanton, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.27 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Pleasanton Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Pleasanton is a pretty powerful place. 47.27% of the adults in Pleasanton 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 Pleasanton in 2000 was $41,623, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $166,492 for a family of four. However, Pleasanton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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