Davis is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 65,832 people and 18 associated neighborhoods, Davis is the 136th largest community in California. Housing costs in Davis 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.Davis is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 92.49% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Davis is a city of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Davis who work in teaching (19.06%), management occupations (8.50%), and food service (7.90%). And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Davis has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too. Also of interest is that Davis 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: 22.57% 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. Davis is also a major college town with a large number of people who are 18 years or older and attending college. As is often the case in college towns, the many students that live in Davis have a strong influence on the local culture and entertainment scene, which may seem dormant by comparison in the summer months when much of the student population is away. In the fall, the return of students has a reinvigorating effect on the community. Because colleges are lasting institutions, they have a stabilizing effect on the economy by providing direct local benefits such as jobs for faculty and staff and spending by students. Davis’s economy is one such example of this. Like elsewhere in America, most people in Davis use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of Davis‘s citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding the bus. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Davis. 75.06% 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 Davis in 2022 was $50,060, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $200,240 for a family of four. However, Davis contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Davis is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Davis home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Davis residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Davis also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.24% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Davis include English, German, European, Irish, and Italian. Foreign born people are also an important part of Davis's cultural character, accounting for 20.33% of the city’s population. The most common language spoken in Davis is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese and Spanish.
