San Ramon is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 44,477 people and seven constituent neighborhoods, San Ramon is the 171st largest community in California.

San Ramon is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 91.44% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, San Ramon is a city of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in San Ramon who work in management occupations (19.98%), sales jobs (16.60%), and office and administrative support jobs (14.04%).

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

In addition, San Ramon 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 downside of living in San Ramon, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.30 minutes every day commuting to work.

San Ramon Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, San Ramon is a pretty powerful place. 52.72% of the adults in San Ramon 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 Ramon in 2000 was $42,336, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $169,344 for a family of four. However, San Ramon contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

Foreign born people are also an important part of San Ramon's cultural character, accounting for 16.43% of the city's population.

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