Emeryville is a medium-sized coastal city (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of California. With a population of 13,912 people and four associated neighborhoods, Emeryville is the 381st largest community in California. Housing costs in Emeryville 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.Emeryville is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 91.93% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Emeryville is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Emeryville who work in management occupations (17.33%), business and financial occupations (12.39%), and computer science and math (12.26%). Also of interest is that Emeryville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Of important note, Emeryville is also a city of artists. Emeryville has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Emeryville’s character. And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Emeryville has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 36.94% 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. Emeryville 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. In Emeryville, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.32 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit. Despite being a small city, Emeryville has a lot of people using the bus to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the bus are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.If knowledge is power, Emeryville is a pretty powerful place. 70.53% of the adults in Emeryville 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 Emeryville in 2022 was $91,778, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $367,112 for a family of four. However, Emeryville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Emeryville is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Emeryville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Emeryville residents report their race to be Asian, followed by White. Emeryville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.56% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Emeryville include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Russian. Emeryville also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 35.69%. The most common language spoken in Emeryville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese and Spanish.
