Carmichael is a larger medium-sized town located in the state of California. With a population of 79,793 people and 18 associated neighborhoods, Carmichael is the 110th largest community in California.

Housing costs in Carmichael 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 Carmichael 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: 17.50% 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 noticeable about Carmichael, although not a huge town, is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That’s because Carmichael is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Carmichael a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

The education level of Carmichael citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 35.37% of adults in Carmichael have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Carmichael in 2022 was $45,855, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $183,420 for a family of four. However, Carmichael contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Carmichael is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Carmichael home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Carmichael residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Carmichael also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.42% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Carmichael include German, English, Irish, Italian, and European.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Carmichael's cultural character, accounting for 16.70% of the town’s population.

The most common language spoken in Carmichael is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Slavic languages.