Redondo Beach 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 63,261 people and 13 constituent neighborhoods, Redondo Beach is the 107th largest community in California.

Redondo Beach is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 89.67% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Redondo Beach is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Redondo Beach who work in management occupations (16.43%), office and administrative support jobs (13.58%), and sales jobs (12.90%).

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

Of important note, Redondo Beach is also a city of artists. Redondo Beach has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Redondo Beach's character.

One thing that you will notice about Redondo Beach is that there is a good-sized population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. Many singles consider Redondo Beach a good place to live without being in a really big city, with opportunities for friendships and fun with others like themselves.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Redondo Beach is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

One of the nice things about Redondo Beach 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.

Redondo Beach Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Redondo Beach is a pretty powerful place. 47.99% of the adults in Redondo Beach 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 Redondo Beach in 2000 was $38,305, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $153,220 for a family of four. However, Redondo Beach contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Redondo Beach is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Redondo Beach home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Redondo Beach is White, followed by Asian. Redondo Beach also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.43% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Redondo Beach include German, Irish, English, and Italian.

In addition, Redondo Beach has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (16.97%).

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