Buena Park is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 82,450 people and 13 associated neighborhoods, Buena Park is the 101st largest community in California.

Housing costs in Buena Park 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.

Also of interest is that Buena Park 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: 9.01% 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.

One thing that you will notice about Buena Park is that there is a good-sized population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. Many singles consider Buena Park a good place to live without being in a really big city, with opportunities for friendships and fun with others like themselves.

In Buena Park, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.53 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

The education level of Buena Park citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 31.55% of adults in Buena Park have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Buena Park in 2022 was $37,945, which is middle income relative to California, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $151,780 for a family of four. However, Buena Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Buena Park is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Buena Park home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Buena Park, accounting for 40.04% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Buena Park residents report their race to be Asian, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Buena Park include German, Irish, English, Italian, and French.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Buena Park's cultural character, accounting for 34.81% of the city’s population.

The most common language spoken in Buena Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Korean.