In addition, Weed is a college town. There are a lot of students in Weed attending college, and as a result Weed provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared to the needs and activities of students.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Weed spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.11 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
The percentage of people in Weed with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.64% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Weed in 2022 was $32,989, which is lower middle income relative to California, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $131,956 for a family of four. However, Weed contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Weed also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 33.57% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Weed is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Weed home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Weed residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Weed also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 17.72% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Weed include English, German, Irish, Portuguese, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Weed is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Laotian.
