Arcadia is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 54,857 people and 14 associated neighborhoods, Arcadia is the 162nd largest community in California.

Arcadia home prices are not only among the most expensive in California, but Arcadia real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Also of interest is that Arcadia 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: 18.45% 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 Arcadia, although not a huge city, is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That’s because Arcadia 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 Arcadia 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.

One downside of living in Arcadia, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.97 minutes every day commuting to work.

If knowledge is power, Arcadia is a pretty powerful place. 54.93% of the adults in Arcadia 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 Arcadia in 2022 was $53,959, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $215,836 for a family of four. However, Arcadia contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Arcadia is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Arcadia home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Arcadia residents report their race to be Asian, followed by White. Arcadia also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.29% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Arcadia include Irish, German, English, Italian, and Armenian.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Arcadia's cultural character, accounting for 43.58% of the city’s population.

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