Poway is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 48,295 people and nine constituent neighborhoods, Poway is the 162nd largest community in California.

Poway is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 85.10% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Poway is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Poway who work in management occupations (15.09%), office and administrative support jobs (14.16%), and sales jobs (12.43%).

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

In addition, Poway 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.

Because of many things, Poway is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Poway really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Poway perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

The city of Poway is a decent size, but despite this, it doesn't have a viable public transit system that people can use to get to work.

Poway Information and Demographics

The citizens of Poway are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 39.32% of adults in Poway have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Poway in 2000 was $29,788, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $119,152 for a family of four. However, Poway contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Poway is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Poway home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Poway is White, followed by Asian. Poway also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.41% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Poway include German, English, Irish, Italian, French, European, and Polish.

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