Los Angeles is an enormous coastal city (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of California. With a population of 3,822,238 people and 1181 associated neighborhoods, Los Angeles is the largest community in California. Housing costs in Los Angeles 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.Los Angeles is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Los Angeles is a city of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Los Angeles who work in management occupations (10.56%), office and administrative support (10.08%), and sales jobs (9.42%). Of important note, Los Angeles is also a city of artists. Los Angeles has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Los Angeles’s character. Also of interest is that Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 15.05% 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. Los Angeles is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Quite often, nautical areas such as these attract visitors and locals who come to enjoy the scenery and various waterfront activities. In Los Angeles, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.11 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit. Los Angeles is a big city, and with that comes lots of benefits. One benefit is that most big cities have public transit, but Los Angeles really shines when it comes to the extensiveness and use of its public transit system. More than most large American cities, Los Angeles citizens use public transit daily to get to and from work. And while there are transportation options, most people in Los Angeles ride the bus. Whereas in some cities one is destined to sit in traffic every morning to get to work and every evening to get home, in Los Angeles a lot leave their cars at home (if they even choose to own one), and hop a ride on the bus.The education level of Los Angeles citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 36.71% of adults in Los Angeles have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Los Angeles in 2022 was $43,527, 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 $174,108 for a family of four. However, Los Angeles contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Los Angeles is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles, accounting for 48.07% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Los Angeles residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Los Angeles include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Armenian. In addition, Los Angeles has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (35.97%). The most common language spoken in Los Angeles is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Korean.
