Calistoga is a somewhat small city located in the state of California. With a population of 5,029 people and two associated neighborhoods, Calistoga is the 515th largest community in California. Housing costs in Calistoga 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.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Calistoga is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Calistoga is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Calistoga who work in sales jobs (17.05%), management occupations (11.57%), and food service (10.83%). A relatively large number of people in Calistoga telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.53% 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. In terms of college education, Calistoga is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 31.38% of adults in Calistoga have a college degree. The per capita income in Calistoga in 2022 was $61,823, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $247,292 for a family of four. However, Calistoga contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Calistoga is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Calistoga home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Calistoga residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Calistoga also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 39.22% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Calistoga include English, German, Irish, French, and European. In addition, Calistoga has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (29.40%). The most common language spoken in Calistoga is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Slavic languages.
