About Medina

Medina is a very small coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Washington. With a population of 3,001 people and just one neighborhood, Medina is the 168th largest community in Washington.

Medina is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 96.34% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Medina is a city of managers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Medina who work in management occupations (28.40%), sales jobs (16.71%), and business and financial occupations (8.67%).

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

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

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their homes - 9.13% 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.

In addition, Medina 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.

The city is also nautical, which means that parts of Medina 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.

As is often the case in a small city, Medina doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Medina Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Medina is a pretty powerful place. 73.38% of the adults in Medina 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 Medina in 2000 was $81,742, which is wealthy relative to Washington and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $326,968 for a family of four. However, Medina contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Medina home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Medina is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Medina include English, German, Irish, Norwegian, Scottish, Swedish, European, Italian, and French.

The most common language spoken in Medina is English.