Looking at home in Martinez, need some input.

My family is looking to buy a home, and are trying to figure out which areas would be ideal to look at, re: price, schools/school districts, and demographics. I currently WFH (my husband works from home full time, but I began during the pandemic) and while I would love to remain WFH, I have no idea if that will be a possibility when things improve. So I may have to commute to downtown Oakland at least 2 days a week (though I don't suspect this will happen until at least 2022).

On that note, is Martinez just too far a commute? (We currently rent in Moraga.) We're wondering what people think of Martinez overall as well. Checking out the demographics section of some of the elementary schools (our son is 3 right now), it's not very diverse, which I expected, but I'm wondering if local folks can tell me if there's any Asian/south Asian presence in the neighborhoods (We have looked at a few homes so far,  in... Shannon Hills? And below the 4, around Beechwood) and what the vibe is toward POC generally. 

Thanks!

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Martinez is about 66% white and about 9% Asian according to this https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/ca/martinez/demographics . Please look at the other demographics on this page as well. My brother in law lives in Martinez and the schools are not that great and there is more violent crime than San Ramon, CA. I would recommend looking at San Ramon, CA.  We have lived there for nine years and love it because it has good schools, low crime and wonderful parks, restaurants and shops.  San Ramon is 46% Asian and 39% white and all the public schools are good and the crime rate is low.  Here are the demographics for San Ramon  https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/ca/san-ramon/demographics   If you decide to live on the west side you can drive up Crow Canyon and be in Oakland in 30 minutes.  There is a San Ramon cricket association which has a list of San Ramon Adult and Youth cricket teams. Here is the website to the San Ramon cricket association. http://www.srcausa.com/