San Carlos is a medium-sized coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of California. With a population of 27,697 people and eight constituent neighborhoods, San Carlos is the 252nd largest community in California.

San Carlos is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 90.03% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, San Carlos is a city of managers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in San Carlos who work in management occupations (21.32%), office and administrative support jobs (13.12%), and sales jobs (12.75%).

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

In addition, San Carlos is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

One of the nice things about San Carlos is that is it nautical, meaning that parts of the city are somewhat historic and on the ocean, or touch tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

Being a small city, San Carlos does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

San Carlos Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, San Carlos is a pretty powerful place. 49.78% of the adults in San Carlos 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 San Carlos in 2000 was $46,628, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $186,512 for a family of four. However, San Carlos contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

In addition, San Carlos has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (15.64%).

The most common language spoken in San Carlos is English. Some people also speak Spanish.