Santa Monica is a larger medium-sized coastal city (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of California. With a population of 89,922 people and 19 associated neighborhoods, Santa Monica is the 83rd largest community in California. Santa Monica home prices are not only among the most expensive in California, but Santa Monica real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.Santa Monica is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 95.33% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Santa Monica is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Santa Monica who work in management occupations (19.68%), art, media, and design (11.40%), and business and financial occupations (10.66%). Of important note, Santa Monica is also a city of artists. Santa Monica has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Santa Monica鈥檚 character. Also of interest is that Santa Monica 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: 33.10% 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. Santa Monica is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery. Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Santa Monica. 68.89% 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 Santa Monica in 2022 was $90,657, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $362,628 for a family of four. However, Santa Monica contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Santa Monica is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Santa Monica home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Santa Monica residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Santa Monica also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.42% of the city鈥檚 residents. Important ancestries of people in Santa Monica include German, Irish, English, Italian, and European. In addition, Santa Monica has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (23.17%). The most common language spoken in Santa Monica is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Persian.