San Bruno is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 41,533 people and ten associated neighborhoods, San Bruno is the 205th largest community in California. San Bruno home prices are not only among the most expensive in California, but San Bruno real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, San Bruno is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, San Bruno is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in San Bruno who work in management occupations (12.00%), office and administrative support (10.57%), and sales jobs (8.80%). Also of interest is that San Bruno 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 San Bruno telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 14.62% 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. For the size of the city, public transportation in San Bruno is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the subway. For San Bruno, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.The education level of San Bruno ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in San Bruno, 43.90% 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 San Bruno in 2022 was $57,984, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $231,936 for a family of four. San Bruno is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call San Bruno home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of San Bruno residents report their race to be Asian, followed by White. San Bruno also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 29.49% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in San Bruno include Irish, Italian, German, English, and European. Foreign born people are also an important part of San Bruno's cultural character, accounting for 37.20% of the city’s population. The most common language spoken in San Bruno is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
