diff --git a/src/account-settings/data/service.js b/src/account-settings/data/service.js
index 264817c..96e81c8 100644
--- a/src/account-settings/data/service.js
+++ b/src/account-settings/data/service.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { handleRequestError, unpackFieldErrors } from './utils';
 import { getThirdPartyAuthProviders } from '../third-party-auth';
 import { getCoachingPreferences, patchCoachingPreferences } from '../coaching/data/service';
 import { getDemographics, patchDemographics } from '../demographics/data/service';
+import { DEMOGRAPHICS_FIELDS } from '../demographics/data/utils';
 
 const SOCIAL_PLATFORMS = [
   { id: 'twitter', key: 'social_link_twitter' },
@@ -211,8 +212,9 @@ export async function patchSettings(username, commitValues, userId) {
   // user/v1/preferences where it does update. This is the one we use.
   const preferenceKeys = ['time_zone'];
   const coachingKeys = ['coaching'];
+  const demographicsKeys = DEMOGRAPHICS_FIELDS;
   const isDemographicsKey = (value, key) => key.includes('demographics');
-  const accountCommitValues = omit(commitValues, preferenceKeys, coachingKeys);
+  const accountCommitValues = omit(commitValues, preferenceKeys, coachingKeys, demographicsKeys);
   const preferenceCommitValues = pick(commitValues, preferenceKeys);
   const coachingCommitValues = pick(commitValues, coachingKeys);
   const demographicsCommitValues = pickBy(commitValues, isDemographicsKey);
diff --git a/src/account-settings/demographics/data/utils.js b/src/account-settings/demographics/data/utils.js
index 6208352..f5609f8 100644
--- a/src/account-settings/demographics/data/utils.js
+++ b/src/account-settings/demographics/data/utils.js
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 export const TO = 'to';
 export const FROM = 'from';
+export const DEMOGRAPHICS_FIELDS = [
+  'demographics_gender',
+  'demographics_gender_description',
+  'demographics_income',
+  'demographics_learner_education_level',
+  'demographics_parent_education_level',
+  'demographics_military_history',
+  'demographics_work_status',
+  'demographics_work_status_description',
+  'demographics_current_work_sector',
+  'demographics_future_work_sector',
+  'demographics_user_ethnicity',
+];
 
 // Frontend wants (example):
 //    demographics_user_ethnicity: ["asian", "white", "other"]