West Sacramento is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 55,064 people and 13 associated neighborhoods, West Sacramento is the 168th largest community in California. West Sacramento has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in West Sacramento, where the median household income is $87,044.00. Housing costs in West Sacramento 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.West Sacramento is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, West Sacramento is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in West Sacramento who work in management occupations (11.87%), office and administrative support (9.81%), and sales jobs (7.83%). Also of interest is that West Sacramento has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 14.07% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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 overall education level of West Sacramento citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 32.27% of adults in West Sacramento have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%. The per capita income in West Sacramento in 2022 was $40,553, 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 $162,212 for a family of four. However, West Sacramento contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. West Sacramento is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call West Sacramento home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of West Sacramento residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. West Sacramento also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 33.69% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in West Sacramento include German, Irish, English, Russian, and Italian. In addition, West Sacramento has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (23.77%). The most common language spoken in West Sacramento is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Russian.
