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Diamond Bar, CA
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Living in Diamond Bar



Diamond Bar is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 52,855 people and 11 constituent neighborhoods, Diamond Bar is the 164th largest community in California.

Housing costs in Diamond Bar are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in California.

Also of interest is that Diamond Bar 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: 12.32% 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.

Diamond Bar is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The city’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Diamond Bar’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

In Diamond Bar, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 35.25 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Diamond Bar, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Diamond Bar is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 53.81% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.

The per capita income in Diamond Bar in 2018 was $42,373, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $169,492 for a family of four. However, Diamond Bar contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Diamond Bar is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Diamond Bar home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Diamond Bar residents report their race to be Asian, followed by White. Diamond Bar also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 17.76% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Diamond Bar include German, English, Irish, Italian, and French.

Diamond Bar also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 45.91%.

The most common language spoken in Diamond Bar is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese and Spanish.