San Leandro is a larger medium-sized coastal city (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of California. With a population of 85,784 people and 22 associated neighborhoods, San Leandro is the 87th largest community in California. Housing costs in San Leandro 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.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, San Leandro is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, San Leandro is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in San Leandro who work in office and administrative support (12.71%), management occupations (9.55%), and sales jobs (7.63%). Also of interest is that San Leandro 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: 11.16% 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. San Leandro 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. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery. One downside of living in San Leandro, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.90 minutes every day commuting to work. However, local public transit is widely used. For those who would prefer to avoid driving entirely and leave their car at home, it may be an option to use the transit instead. For the size of the city, public transportation in San Leandro is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the subway. For San Leandro, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.The education level of San Leandro citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 32.94% of adults in San Leandro have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in San Leandro in 2022 was $45,010, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $180,040 for a family of four. However, San Leandro contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. San Leandro is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call San Leandro home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of San Leandro residents report their race to be Asian, followed by White. San Leandro also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 28.27% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in San Leandro include Irish, German, English, Portuguese, and Italian. San Leandro also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 37.34%. The most common language spoken in San Leandro is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
