Daly City 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 100,007 people and 23 associated neighborhoods, Daly City is the 70th largest community in California.

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

Also of interest is that Daly City 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: 10.11% 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 that you will notice about Daly City is that there is a good-sized population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. Many singles consider Daly City a good place to live without being in a really big city, with opportunities for friendships and fun with others like themselves.

Daly City 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. Quite often, nautical areas such as these attract visitors and locals who come to enjoy the scenery and various waterfront activities.

In Daly City, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.91 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.

For the size of the city, public transportation in Daly City is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the subway. For Daly City, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.

The population of Daly City is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 38.52% of adults in Daly City have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Daly City in 2022 was $46,581, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $186,324 for a family of four. However, Daly City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Daly City is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Daly City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Daly City residents report their race to be Asian, followed by White. Daly City also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 21.03% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Daly City include German, Irish, Italian, English, and European.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Daly City's cultural character, accounting for 50.58% of the city’s population.

The most common language spoken in Daly City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Tagalog and Spanish.