Lodi is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 67,258 people and 19 associated neighborhoods, Lodi is the 138th largest community in California.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Lodi is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Lodi is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lodi who work in office and administrative support (10.96%), management occupations (9.38%), and sales jobs (8.37%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.96% 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 population of Lodi overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Lodi, 23.12% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Lodi in 2022 was $35,345, 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 $141,380 for a family of four. However, Lodi contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Lodi is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Lodi home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lodi residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Lodi also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 39.48% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Lodi include German, English, Irish, Italian, and European. In addition, Lodi has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (20.07%). The most common language spoken in Lodi is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Urdu.
