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Monterey, CA

30,007 Population
8.6 square miles 3,471 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.8 ±2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 35.1 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in California: 37.3 ±0.1

Economics

$57,335 ±$3,806 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: $37,741 ±$791
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in California: $45,591 ±$149
$98,003 ±$9,334 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: $91,043 ±$1,900
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in California: $91,905 ±$277

10.7% ±3% (2,882  ±817) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 12.3% 51,913 (±0.9% / ±3,622)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 12.1% 4,685,272 (±0.1% / ±38,720)

19.1 minutes ±1.2 (263,615  ±24,927) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 25 4,318,595 (±0.4 / ±88,927)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in California: 29.2 463,270,940 (±0.1 / ±1,077,551)

Families

12,586 ±516 Number of households
  • the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 130,973 ±703
  • California: 13,315,822 ±16,341
2.1 ±0.1 (26,826  ±149) Persons per household
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 3.2 419,733 (±0 / ±472)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in California: 2.9 38,493,080

5.1% ±1.7% (357  ±120) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 4.3% † 4,385 (±0.5% / ±472)
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 4.8% 460,360 (±0.1% / ±5,836)

Housing

13,988 ±516 Number of housing units
  • the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 143,743 ±166
  • California: 14,424,442 ±2,741

$929,400 ±$39,885 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: $683,700 ±$9,111
  • about 1.4 times the amount in California: $659,300 ±$1,011

24.8% ±3% (7,347  ±,897.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 11.3% 48,781 (±0.7% / ±2,906.2)
  • more than double the rate in California: 11.6% 4,529,708 (±0.1% / ±25,480.9)

Social

93.9% ±4.7% (20,585  ±1,173.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 73.4% 205,223 (±1.1% / ±3,193.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.4% 22,656,988 (±0.2% / ±42,808.6)
54% ±3.8% (11,829  ±,882.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about double the rate in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 27.1% 75,713 (±0.7% / ±1,954.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 35.9% 9,626,973 (±0.1% / ±27,977.4)

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

16.2% ±2.3% (4,871  ±674) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 28.9% 126,562
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 26.5% 10,442,880

6.9% ±1.4% (1,546  ±314) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 4.8% 15,238 (±0.2% / ±760)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 4.7% 1,415,562 (±0% / ±11,195)
1,546 Total veterans ±314 1,374 Male ±284 172 Female ±78

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