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Monterey, CA

29,613 Population
8.6 square miles 3,425.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.5 ±2.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 35.5 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in California: 37.9 ±0.1

Economics

$62,773 ±$4,877 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: $40,422 ±$856
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in California: $49,513 ±$168
$102,846 ±$7,149 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: $97,230 ±$1,883
  • a little higher than the amount in California: $99,122 ±$310

9.8% ±2.6% (2,606  ±697) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 12.7% 53,589 (±0.8% / ±3,154)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 12% 4,632,248 (±0.1% / ±34,481)

18.5 minutes ±1.5 (233,580  ±24,753) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 25.4 4,304,065 (±0.4 / ±92,163)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in California: 28.7 436,266,100 (±0 / ±1,099,829)

Families

12,534 ±481 Number of households
  • the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 132,489 ±685
  • California: 13,548,091 ±17,724
2.1 ±0.1 (26,271  ±128) Persons per household
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 3.2 418,503 (±0 / ±294)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in California: 2.8 38,419,212

4.7% ±1.5% (314  ±100) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 4.8% 4,807 (±0.5% / ±474)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 4.8% 455,771 (±0.1% / ±6,129)

Housing

14,136 ±460 Number of housing units
  • the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 145,469 ±143
  • California: 14,644,735 ±1,665

$1,076,300 ±$34,046 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: $781,000 ±$13,801
  • about 1.5 times the amount in California: $734,700 ±$1,307

23.3% ±3% (6,826  ±885.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 10.3% 44,479 (±0.7% / ±2,979.3)
  • more than double the rate in California: 10.8% 4,206,887 (±0.1% / ±26,182)

Social

93.1% ±4.8% (20,263  ±1,162.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than 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)
52.9% ±3.7% (11,506  ±854.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 28.2% 79,392 (±0.7% / ±1,949.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in California: 37.1% 10,039,805 (±0.1% / ±28,607.4)

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

17.7% ±2% (5,229  ±594) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 29.6% 129,418
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 27% 10,598,301

7.6% ±1.5% (1,664  ±326) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double 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)
1,664 Total veterans ±326 1,464 Male ±293 200 Female ±92

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