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 99,833 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.

A relatively large number of people in Daly City telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 12.79% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.

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. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

One downside of living in Daly City, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.59 minutes every day commuting to work. However, local public transit is widely used. For those who would prefer to avoid driving entirely and leave their car at home, it may be an option to use the transit instead.

Although the majority of commuting trips in the city are by private automobile, Daly City is somewhat unusual for a city of its size for having a substantial number of people who use public transportation. For a lot of people, the bus helps to get to and from their jobs every morning, which benefits everyone in the Daly City area by reducing both traffic and air pollution.

The education level of Daly City citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 37.98% of adults in Daly City have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Daly City in 2022 was $48,219, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $192,876 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 21.45% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Daly City include Irish, German, Italian, English, and French.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Daly City's cultural character, accounting for 50.94% of the city’s population.

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