Lodi is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 67,679 people and 19 associated neighborhoods, Lodi is the 138th largest community in California.Lodi is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Lodi is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lodi who work in office and administrative support (10.56%), management occupations (9.70%), and sales jobs (8.79%). A relatively large number of people in Lodi telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.20% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. The citizens of Lodi are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.19% of adults in Lodi having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Lodi in 2022 was $37,676, 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 $150,704 for a family of four. However, Lodi contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Lodi is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Lodi home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lodi residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Lodi also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 40.00% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Lodi include German, English, Irish, Italian, and European. Lodi also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 20.26%. The most common language spoken in Lodi is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Urdu.
