Pleasanton is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 74,653 people and 15 associated neighborhoods, Pleasanton is the 109th largest community in California. Pleasanton home prices are not only among the most expensive in California, but Pleasanton real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.Pleasanton is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 94.28% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Pleasanton is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pleasanton who work in management occupations (20.52%), computer science and math (13.27%), and business and financial occupations (8.93%). Also of interest is that Pleasanton has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 26.34% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. In Pleasanton, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.74 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit. Like elsewhere in America, most people in Pleasanton use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of Pleasanton‘s citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding the subway. 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 Pleasanton. 68.69% 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 Pleasanton in 2022 was $86,151, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $344,604 for a family of four. Pleasanton is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Pleasanton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pleasanton residents report their race to be Asian, followed by White. Pleasanton also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.66% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Pleasanton include Irish, English, German, Italian, and European. Pleasanton also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 35.87%. The most common language spoken in Pleasanton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese and Langs. of India.
