Daly City is a larger medium-sized coastal city (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of California. With a population of 100,007 people and 23 associated neighborhoods, Daly City is the 70th largest community in California.
Daly City home prices are not only among the most expensive in California, but Daly City real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.
Also of interest is that Daly City has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
A relatively large number of people in Daly City telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.11% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.
Another interesting thing about Daly City, despite not being a huge city, is that there is a relatively high proportion of people living here who are young, single, and upwardly-mobile professionals. This makes it a good choice for other relocating single professionals. Here, these young singles will find many others like themselves, with opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.
Daly City 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. Quite often, nautical areas such as these attract visitors and locals who come to enjoy the scenery and various waterfront activities.
In Daly City, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.91 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.
Like elsewhere in America, most people in Daly City use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of Daly City‘s citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding the subway. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.
The citizens of Daly City are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 38.52% of adults in Daly City have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Daly City in 2022 was $46,581, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $186,324 for a family of four. However, Daly City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Daly City is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Daly City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Daly City residents report their race to be Asian, followed by White. Daly City also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 21.03% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Daly City include German, Irish, Italian, English, and European.
Daly City also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 50.58%.
The most common language spoken in Daly City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Tagalog and Spanish.