Walnut Creek is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 69,152 people and 23 associated neighborhoods, Walnut Creek is the 129th largest community in California. Walnut Creek home prices are not only among the most expensive in California, but Walnut Creek real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.Walnut Creek is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 92.68% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Walnut Creek is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Walnut Creek who work in management occupations (17.96%), business and financial occupations (11.92%), and sales jobs (10.08%). Also of interest is that Walnut Creek has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Of important note, Walnut Creek is also a city of artists. Walnut Creek has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Walnut Creek’s character. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 28.71% 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 downside of living in Walnut Creek is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Walnut Creek, the average commute to work is 31.32 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the city, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative. For the size of the city, public transportation in Walnut Creek is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the subway. For Walnut Creek, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.If knowledge is power, Walnut Creek is a pretty powerful place. 69.39% of the adults in Walnut Creek have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns. The per capita income in Walnut Creek in 2022 was $83,164, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $332,656 for a family of four. Walnut Creek is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Walnut Creek home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Walnut Creek residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Walnut Creek also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.84% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Walnut Creek include English, German, Irish, Italian, and French. Foreign born people are also an important part of Walnut Creek's cultural character, accounting for 23.56% of the city’s population. The most common language spoken in Walnut Creek is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
