Walnut Creek is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 70,817 people and 23 associated neighborhoods, Walnut Creek is the 129th largest community in California.

Walnut Creek home prices are not only among the most expensive in California, but Walnut Creek real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Also of interest is that Walnut Creek has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Of important note, Walnut Creek is also a city of artists. Walnut Creek has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Walnut Creek’s character.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 30.77% 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 thing noticeable about Walnut Creek, although not a huge city, is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That’s because Walnut Creek is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Walnut Creek a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

Although the majority of commuting trips in the city are by private automobile, Walnut Creek is somewhat unusual for a city of its size for having a substantial number of people who use public transportation. For a lot of people, the subway helps to get to and from their jobs every morning, which benefits everyone in the Walnut Creek area by reducing both traffic and air pollution.

If knowledge is power, Walnut Creek is a pretty powerful place. 70.43% of the adults in Walnut Creek have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Walnut Creek in 2022 was $85,521, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $342,084 for a family of four.

Walnut Creek is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Walnut Creek home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Walnut Creek residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Walnut Creek also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.40% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Walnut Creek include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Russian.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Walnut Creek's cultural character, accounting for 24.36% of the city’s population.

The most common language spoken in Walnut Creek is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.