West Covina is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 104,893 people and 21 constituent neighborhoods, West Covina is the 51st largest community in California.

West Covina is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, West Covina is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in West Covina who work in office and administrative support jobs (20.65%), sales jobs (12.56%), and management occupations (8.40%).

In addition, West Covina is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

In West Covina, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.83 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

West Covina Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in West Covina who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 14.96%: 21.94% of adults in West Covina have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in West Covina in 2000 was $19,342, 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 $77,368 for a family of four.

West Covina is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call West Covina home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in West Covina, accounting for 45.52% of the city's residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The most prevalent race in West Covina is Asian, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in West Covina include German, Irish, English, and Italian.

West Covina also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 32.46%.

The languages spoken by people in West Covina 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 West Covina is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Tagalog, Chinese, and Vietnamese.