San Anselmo is a somewhat small town located in the state of California. With a population of 12,521 people and three constituent neighborhoods, San Anselmo is the 385th largest community in California.

San Anselmo is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 90.31% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, San Anselmo is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in San Anselmo who work in management occupations (15.30%), sales jobs (12.52%), and office and administrative support jobs (9.64%).

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

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

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their homes - 11.43% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

San Anselmo, while not large, also appears to be attractive to some younger, educated professionals, who help shape the character of the town.

In addition to being popular with young singles, San Anselmo is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates." While both of these categories describe educated professionals, urban sophisticates are quite a different demographic. 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, San Anselmo 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, San Anselmo really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is San Anselmo 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.

In San Anselmo, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.06 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Being a small town, San Anselmo does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

San Anselmo Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, San Anselmo is a pretty powerful place. 58.96% of the adults in San Anselmo 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 Anselmo in 2000 was $41,977, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $167,908 for a family of four. However, San Anselmo contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call San Anselmo home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in San Anselmo is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in San Anselmo include Irish, English, German, Italian, Russian, Scottish, French, Polish, and Scotch-Irish.

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