Santa Clarita is a relatively large city located in the state of California. With a population of 221,345 people and 52 associated neighborhoods, Santa Clarita is the 17th largest community in California. Housing costs in Santa Clarita 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.Unlike some cities, Santa Clarita isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Santa Clarita are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Santa Clarita is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Santa Clarita who work in management occupations (13.26%), sales jobs (11.20%), and office and administrative support (10.64%). Of important note, Santa Clarita is also a city of artists. Santa Clarita has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Santa Clarita’s character. Also of interest is that Santa Clarita 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: 13.70% 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 Santa Clarita, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.63 minutes every day commuting to work. The population of Santa Clarita is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 38.66% of adults in Santa Clarita have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Santa Clarita in 2022 was $47,057, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $188,228 for a family of four. However, Santa Clarita contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Santa Clarita is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Santa Clarita home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Santa Clarita residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Santa Clarita also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 36.69% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Santa Clarita include German, English, Irish, Italian, and European. In addition, Santa Clarita has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (21.17%). The most common language spoken in Santa Clarita is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
