Buena Park is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 82,450 people and 13 associated neighborhoods, Buena Park is the 101st largest community in California.
Housing costs in Buena Park 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.
Also of interest is that Buena Park 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: 9.01% 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 Buena Park, 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 Buena Park 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 Buena Park 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.
One downside of living in Buena Park is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Buena Park, the average commute to work is 30.53 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
The education level of Buena Park citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 31.55% of adults in Buena Park have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Buena Park in 2022 was $37,945, which is middle income relative to California, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $151,780 for a family of four. However, Buena Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Buena Park is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Buena Park home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Buena Park, accounting for 40.04% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Buena Park residents report their race to be Asian, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Buena Park include German, Irish, English, Italian, and French.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Buena Park's cultural character, accounting for 34.81% of the city’s population.
The most common language spoken in Buena Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Korean.