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California City, CA
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California City is a somewhat small city located in the state of California. With a population of 15,127 people and three associated neighborhoods, California City is the 357th largest community in California.

Also of interest is that California City 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 home: 10.69% 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.

One downside of living in California City is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In California City, the average commute to work is 37.46 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Being a small city, California City does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The percentage of people in California City with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 10.00% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in California City in 2018 was $23,297, which is low income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $93,188 for a family of four. However, California City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

California City is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call California City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in California City, accounting for 39.91% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of California City residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in California City include German, Irish, English, European, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in California City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.


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