Ione is a somewhat small city located in the state of California. With a population of 5,431 people and two associated neighborhoods, Ione is the 518th largest community in California. Ione has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Ione, where the median household income is $78,661.00.

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

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.98% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

Ione 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.

The percentage of adults in Ione who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 19.34% of the adults in Ione have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Ione in 2022 was $41,244, which is middle income relative to California, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $164,976 for a family of four. However, Ione contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Ione is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Ione home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ione residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Ione also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.83% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Ione include German, English, Irish, Scottish, and European.

The most common language spoken in Ione is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.