Tustin, California

Tustin is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 78,327 people and 16 constituent neighborhoods, Tustin is the 104th largest community in California.

Housing costs in Tustin 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.

Unlike some cities, Tustin isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Tustin are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Tustin is a city of sales and office workers, professionals and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Tustin who work in office and administrative support (13.90%), management occupations (12.26%) and sales jobs (11.15%).

Also of interest is that Tustin has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
One thing noticeable about Tustin, 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 Tustin 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 Tustin 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.

Tustin Information and Demographics

The population of Tustin 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: 39.01% of adults in Tustin have a bachelor’s degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Tustin in 2010 was $31,524, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $126,096 for a family of four. However, Tustin contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Tustin is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Tustin home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tustin residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Tustin also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 39.40% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Tustin include German, English and Irish.

Tustin also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 35.84%.

The languages spoken by people in Tustin are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Tustin is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese and Korean.

Most Expensive Tustin Neighborhoods:

1. North Tustin
2. Pioneer Rd / Jamboree Rd
3. La Colina Dr / Red Hill Ave
4. N Tustin Ave / Wellington Ave
5. Browning
6. Walnut Ave / Tustin Ranch Rd
7. Irvine Blvd / Red Hill Ave
8. Red Hill Ave / Edinger Ave
9. Tustin Ranch Rd / Jamboree Rd
10. Red Hill Ave / San Juan St