Beverly Hills is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 33,829 people and six constituent neighborhoods, Beverly Hills is the 220th largest community in California.

Beverly Hills is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 95.50% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Beverly Hills is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Beverly Hills who work in management occupations (17.84%), sales jobs (17.39%), and art, media and design (11.08%).

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

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their homes - 8.05% 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.

Beverly Hills, while not large, also appears to be attractive to some younger, educated professionals, who help shape the character of the city.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Beverly Hills is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

Beverly Hills Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Beverly Hills. 54.46% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 14.96%.

The per capita income in Beverly Hills in 2000 was $65,507, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $262,028 for a family of four.

Beverly Hills is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Beverly Hills home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Beverly Hills is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Beverly Hills include Iranian, Russian, Polish, German, English, Irish, and Italian.

In addition, Beverly Hills has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (38.24%).

The languages spoken by people in Beverly Hills are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Beverly Hills is English. Other important languages spoken here include Persian, Spanish, Hebrew, Korean, Russian, and French.