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 Seats for Forklifts Daly City - Daly City, known as the "Gateway to the Peninsula", is situated on the northern edge of San Mateo County. The city limits stretch from the Pacific Ocean (on the west) all the way to the San Francisco Bay (to the east). It is conveniently located in the middle of two of the biggest job growth zones within the state of California, the San Francisco and San Mateo counties. Though the financial system in the area is very diverse, the major sectors are within small business, retail and healthcare.
The retail sector makes up most of the economy of Daly City. Within its limits, there are three major shopping places, the biggest of those is the Serramonte Center, having a total of 860,000 square feet of retail space. The Mission Street retail corridor, which borders San Francisco, and the Westlake shopping centre (that provides 620,000 square feet of retail space) are the two other major regional shopping areas. The city has more than 3.1 million square feet of retail space, and out of all the cities within the county Daly City has the largest taxable retail sales.
In Daly City, the next biggest sector of the economy is the medical trade. The Seton Medical Center is the largest employer in the city, with around 1,500 staff. There are 357 beds within the hospital, and it holds the reputation for being one of the top medical facilities in the United States. There are several other medical institutions in the area, like the San Fransisco heart Institute, San Fransisco Neuro-Skeletal Imaging Center, Physician's Medical center, Seton Medical Office, and the Spine Care Medical Group. The most recent facility in the area is the Kaiser Permanente, which has 130,000 square feet of medical clinics and offices. It could be located at 395 Hickey Boulevard near the I-280.
The labour force within the area is generally well educated due to the proximity of educational institutes. In a ten mile radius are six colleges or universities and an additional 12 more could be found in a 50-mile radius.
With a median age in the city around 35 years of age, the majority of the residents () are over the age of eighteen years of age. The population over the age of 60 is surprisingly only 12%. Nearly half of the workforce works in the local economy.
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