Blaine is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 71,739 people and 17 associated neighborhoods, Blaine is the tenth largest community in Minnesota. Blaine real estate is some of the most expensive in Minnesota, although Blaine house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Blaine is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Blaine is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Blaine who work in office and administrative support (12.63%), management occupations (11.97%), and sales jobs (9.75%). Also of interest is that Blaine has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 17.19% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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 Blaine citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 35.58% of adults in Blaine have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Blaine in 2022 was $44,013, which is upper middle income relative to Minnesota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $176,052 for a family of four. However, Blaine contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Blaine is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Blaine home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Blaine residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Blaine include German, Norwegian, Irish, Swedish, and English. The most common language spoken in Blaine is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.
