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Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA

3,162 Population
1.1 square miles 2,979.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

68.5 ±2.1 Median age
  • nearly double the figure in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 35.5 ±0.1
  • nearly double the figure in California: 37.9 ±0.1
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$95,579 ±$22,768 Per capita income
  • more than double the amount in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: $40,422 ±$856
  • nearly double the amount in California: $49,513 ±$168
  • more than double the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$129,250 ±$46,886 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: $97,230 ±$1,883
  • about 1.3 times the amount in California: $99,122 ±$310
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.2% ±3.6% (195  ±113) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 12.7% 53,589 (±0.8% / ±3,154)
  • about half the rate in California: 12% 4,632,248 (±0.1% / ±34,481)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

10.9 minutes ±1.4 (16,305  ±5,324) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-fifths of the figure in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 25.4 4,304,065 (±0.4 / ±92,163)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in California: 28.7 436,266,100 (±0 / ±1,099,829)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,619 ±267 Number of households
  • the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 132,489 ±685
  • California: 13,548,091 ±17,724
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.9 ±0.3 (3,119  ±16) Persons per household
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 3.2 418,503 (±0 / ±294)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in California: 2.8 38,419,212
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

3,442 ±354 Number of housing units
  • the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 145,469 ±143
  • California: 14,644,735 ±1,665
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$2,000,001 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: $781,000 ±$13,801
  • more than double the amount in California: $734,700 ±$1,307
  • more than double the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.5% ±7.1% (364  ±223.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 10.3% 44,479 (±0.7% / ±2,979.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 10.8% 4,206,887 (±0.1% / ±26,182)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94% ±13.6% (2,863  ±425.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 73.3% 206,159 (±1.2% / ±3,244.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.7% 22,936,996 (±0.2% / ±44,650.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
72.9% ±12.5% (2,221  ±385.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than double the rate in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 28.2% 79,392 (±0.7% / ±1,949.2)
  • about double the rate in California: 37.1% 10,039,805 (±0.1% / ±28,607.4)
  • about double the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

12% ±6.4% (380  ±201) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 29.6% 129,418
  • about half the rate in California: 27% 10,598,301
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.9% ±5% (210  ±154) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 4.2% 13,371 (±0.3% / ±864)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in California: 4.3% 1,305,453 (±0% / ±10,059)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
210 Total veterans ±154 210 Male ±154 N/A Female ±14

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