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." 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.

One of the nice things about Medina 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.

Medina is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Medina Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Medina. 73.38% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 14.96%.

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.