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Daly City, CA
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Daly City profile


Living in Daly City



Daly City is a larger medium-sized coastal city (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of California. With a population of 100,007 people and 23 constituent neighborhoods, Daly City is the 70th largest community in California.

Daly City home prices are not only among the most expensive in California, but Daly City real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

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

One thing that you will notice about Daly City is that there is a good-sized population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. Many singles consider Daly City a good place to live without being in a really big city, with opportunities for friendships and fun with others like themselves.

Daly City is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

One downside of living in Daly City, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.74 minutes every day commuting to work. However, local public transit is widely used. For those who would prefer to avoid driving entirely and leave their car at home, it may be an option to use the transit instead.

Although the majority of commuting trips in the city are by private automobile, Daly City is somewhat unusual for a city of its size for having a substantial number of people who use public transportation. For a lot of people, the subway helps to get to and from their jobs every morning, which benefits everyone in the Daly City area by reducing both traffic and air pollution.

The citizens of Daly City are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 37.76% of adults in Daly City have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Daly City in 2018 was $41,433, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $165,732 for a family of four. However, Daly City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Daly City is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Daly City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Daly City residents report their race to be Asian, followed by White. Daly City also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 23.14% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Daly City include Irish, German, Italian, English, and French.

In addition, Daly City has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (50.67%).

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