Ramona is a medium-sized town located in the state of California. With a population of 21,468 people and eight associated neighborhoods, Ramona is the 307th largest community in California. Housing costs in Ramona 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.Ramona is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Ramona is a town of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ramona who work in food service (9.01%), management occupations (8.94%), and office and administrative support (8.68%). Also of interest is that Ramona 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: 10.39% 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. One downside of living in Ramona, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 34.50 minutes every day commuting to work. The percentage of people in Ramona who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 25.69% of adults in Ramona have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Ramona in 2022 was $41,156, 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 $164,624 for a family of four. However, Ramona contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Ramona is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Ramona home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ramona residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Ramona also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 38.62% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Ramona include German, Irish, English, Italian, and French. Ramona also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 16.55%. The most common language spoken in Ramona is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
