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Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA

3,186 Population
1.1 square miles 3,002 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

68.9 ±2.4 Median age
  • about double the figure in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 35.3 ±0.1
  • nearly double the figure in California: 37.6 ±0.1

Economics

$87,422 ±$20,814 Per capita income
  • more than double the amount in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: $39,523 ±$804
  • nearly double the amount in California: $47,977 ±$163
$115,729 ±$55,175 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: $94,486 ±$1,879
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in California: $96,334 ±$298

4.9% ±3.2% (155  ±102) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 12.6% 52,732 (±1% / ±3,987)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in California: 12% 4,610,600 (±0.1% / ±37,676)

11.2 minutes ±0.5 (14,360  ±4,830) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-fifths of the figure in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 25.4 4,337,195 (±0.4 / ±92,869)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in California: 29 449,199,070 (±0 / ±1,016,968)

Families

1,687 ±251 Number of households
  • the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 132,046 ±784
  • California: 13,434,847 ±19,805
1.9 ±0.3 (3,144  ±12) Persons per household
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 3.2 417,081 (±0 / ±455)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in California: 2.9 38,375,888

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

3,250 ±335 Number of housing units
  • the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 144,659 ±175
  • California: 14,532,683 ±1,118

$2,000,001 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: $723,100 ±$10,176
  • more than double the amount in California: $695,400 ±$1,030

14.3% ±7.5% (455  ±237.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 11.2% 48,222 (±0.7% / ±2,826.3)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 11.2% 4,339,762 (±0.1% / ±29,112.5)

Social

95.8% ±13.7% (2,911  ±427.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 73.3% 204,805 (±1.1% / ±3,184.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.6% 22,792,052 (±0.2% / ±42,908.7)
76% ±12.4% (2,310  ±383.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than double the rate in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 27.9% 77,872 (±0.7% / ±1,970.3)
  • more than double the rate in California: 36.5% 9,834,361 (±0.1% / ±27,165.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

14.7% ±7.9% (468  ±252) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 28.8% 125,345
  • about half the rate in California: 26.7% 10,479,526

8% ±4.3% (245  ±131) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 4.5% 14,289 (±0.3% / ±924)
  • nearly double the rate in California: 4.5% 1,355,918 (±0% / ±10,743)
245 Total veterans ±131 245 Male ±131 N/A Female ±14

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