Fountain Valley is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 55,930 people and 12 associated neighborhoods, Fountain Valley is the 160th largest community in California. Fountain Valley home prices are not only among the most expensive in California, but Fountain Valley real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.Fountain Valley is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 87.13% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Fountain Valley is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fountain Valley who work in office and administrative support (13.09%), sales jobs (12.93%), and management occupations (11.76%). Also of interest is that Fountain Valley 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: 11.52% 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 Fountain Valley ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Fountain Valley, 43.81% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree. The per capita income in Fountain Valley in 2022 was $46,609, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $186,436 for a family of four. However, Fountain Valley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Fountain Valley is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Fountain Valley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fountain Valley residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Fountain Valley also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 17.08% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fountain Valley include German, English, Irish, Italian, and European. Fountain Valley also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 31.81%. The most common language spoken in Fountain Valley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Vietnamese and Spanish.
