Anza is a very small town located in the state of California. With a population of 3,075 people and two associated neighborhoods, Anza is the 608th largest community in California.
Another notable thing is that Anza is an extremely popular vacation destination. A significant portion of the population is seasonal. During the vacation season, the town experiences a large influx of people who take up residence in second homes they own in the area. As the vacation season ends, the population drops again, leaving behind a substantially quieter and smaller town.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Anza has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Anza has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Anza than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Anza may be for you.
In Anza, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.20 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small town, Anza doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The overall education level of Anza citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.72% of adults in Anza have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.
The per capita income in Anza in 2022 was $31,096, which is lower middle income relative to California, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $124,384 for a family of four. However, Anza contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Anza is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Anza home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Anza residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Anza also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.43% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Anza include Norwegian, German, French, English, and European.
The most common language spoken in Anza is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Korean.