Rio Linda is a medium-sized town located in the state of California. With a population of 15,944 people and three associated neighborhoods, Rio Linda is the 351st largest community in California.Unlike some towns, Rio Linda isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Rio Linda are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Rio Linda is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Rio Linda who work in office and administrative support (13.10%), management occupations (10.47%), and sales jobs (6.94%). Also of interest is that Rio Linda 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: 11.30% 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. One downside of living in Rio Linda is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Rio Linda, the average commute to work is 31.11 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. The citizens of Rio Linda are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.54% of adults in Rio Linda have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree The per capita income in Rio Linda in 2022 was $37,359, 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 $149,436 for a family of four. However, Rio Linda contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Rio Linda is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Rio Linda home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rio Linda residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Rio Linda also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 25.52% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Rio Linda include German, Irish, English, Russian, and Ukrainian. In addition, Rio Linda has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (16.44%). The most common language spoken in Rio Linda is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Miao/Hmong.
