Antioch 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 90,814 people and 13 constituent neighborhoods, Antioch is the 69th largest community in California.

Unlike some cities, Antioch isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Antioch are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Antioch is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Antioch who work in office and administrative support jobs (18.58%), sales jobs (12.58%), and management occupations (9.22%).

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

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

In Antioch, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 41.57 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Antioch is a decent-sized city, yet no one gets to work using public transit, because the city has no real transit system.

Antioch Information and Demographics

The citizens of Antioch are slightly better educated than the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns, with 18.15% of adults in Antioch having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Antioch in 2000 was $22,152, which is middle income relative to California, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $88,608 for a family of four.

Antioch is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Antioch home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Antioch is White, followed by African-American. Antioch also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 22.05% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Antioch include German, Italian, Irish, and English.

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