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Glen Ellen, CA
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Glen Ellen is a tiny town located in the state of California. With a population of 714 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Glen Ellen is the 779th largest community in California.

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

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

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

In addition, Glen Ellen 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.

It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Glen Ellen has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Glen Ellen has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Glen Ellen than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Glen Ellen may be for you.

Glen Ellen is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Glen Ellen, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 97.52% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

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

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Glen Ellen. 74.24% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 21.84%.

The per capita income in Glen Ellen in 2018 was $170,217, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $680,868 for a family of four. However, Glen Ellen contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Glen Ellen is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Glen Ellen home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Glen Ellen residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Glen Ellen include English, Eastern European, Irish, German, and French.

The most common language spoken in Glen Ellen is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Portuguese.


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