Redwood City 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 75,447 people and 17 constituent neighborhoods, Redwood City is the 88th largest community in California.

Unlike some cities, Redwood City isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Redwood City are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Redwood City is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Redwood City who work in office and administrative support jobs (13.54%), management occupations (12.96%), and sales jobs (10.46%).

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

Another interesting thing about Redwood City, 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, Redwood City 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 Redwood City 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.

Redwood City Information and Demographics

The education level of Redwood City citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (14.96%): 35.68% of adults in Redwood City have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Redwood City in 2000 was $34,042, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $136,168 for a family of four. However, Redwood City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Redwood City is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Redwood City home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Redwood City is White, followed by Asian. Redwood City also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 31.07% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Redwood City include German, Italian, Irish, and English.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Redwood City's cultural character, accounting for 30.05% of the city's population.

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