Vallejo 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 123,564 people and 31 associated neighborhoods, Vallejo is the 49th largest community in California.

Housing costs in Vallejo 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.

Also of interest is that Vallejo 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: 8.04% 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.

Vallejo 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.

In Vallejo, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 34.79 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 Vallejo is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking a ferryboat. For Vallejo, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.

In terms of college education, Vallejo is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 27.45% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Vallejo in 2022 was $39,843, which is middle income relative to California, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $159,372 for a family of four. However, Vallejo contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Vallejo is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Vallejo home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Vallejo, accounting for 29.26% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Vallejo residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Vallejo include Irish, German, English, Italian, and French.

In addition, Vallejo has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (26.50%).

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