Elk Grove is a larger medium-sized coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of California. With a population of 60,255 people and nine constituent neighborhoods, Elk Grove is the 116th largest community in California.

Unlike some towns, Elk Grove isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Elk Grove are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Elk Grove is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Elk Grove who work in office and administrative support jobs (20.37%), sales jobs (10.95%), and management occupations (9.20%).

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

The town is also nautical, which means that parts of Elk Grove are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Quite often, nautical areas such as these attract visitors and locals who come to enjoy the scenery and various waterfront activities.

Even though Elk Grove is not a small town, it doesn't have a public transportation system that anybody uses for their daily commute to work.

Elk Grove Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Elk Grove is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 14.96%: 24.13% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Elk Grove in 2000 was $20,916, 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 $83,664 for a family of four. However, Elk Grove contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Elk Grove is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Elk Grove home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Elk Grove is White, followed by Asian. Elk Grove also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.88% of the town's residents. Important ancestries of people in Elk Grove include German, Irish, English, and Italian.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Elk Grove's cultural character, accounting for 16.34% of the town's population.

The languages spoken by people in Elk Grove are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Elk Grove is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Vietnamese, Tagalog, and Chinese.