Cotati is a somewhat small city located in the state of California. With a population of 7,453 people and two associated neighborhoods, Cotati is the 454th largest community in California. Housing costs in Cotati 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, Cotati is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Cotati is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Cotati who work in office and administrative support (14.87%), management occupations (12.46%), and sales jobs (8.11%). Also of interest is that Cotati 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: 13.75% 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. The education level of Cotati citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 37.08% of adults in Cotati have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Cotati in 2022 was $49,980, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $199,920 for a family of four. However, Cotati contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Cotati is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Cotati home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cotati residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Cotati also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.75% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Cotati include Irish, German, English, Italian, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Cotati is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
