Ukiah is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 16,144 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Ukiah is the 344th largest community in California.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.28% 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.

Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 17.47 minutes getting to work every day.

The citizens of Ukiah are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 21.84% of adults in Ukiah having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Ukiah in 2018 was $34,729, which is middle income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $138,916 for a family of four. However, Ukiah contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Ukiah is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Ukiah home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ukiah residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Ukiah also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 36.34% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Ukiah include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Swedish.

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