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Monterey, CA

29,772 Population
8.6 square miles 3,443.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.1 ±2.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 35.3 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in California: 37.6 ±0.1

Economics

$62,541 ±$4,619 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: $39,523 ±$804
  • about 1.3 times the amount in California: $47,977 ±$163
$104,110 ±$8,669 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: $94,486 ±$1,879
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in California: $96,334 ±$298

10.5% ±2.4% (2,786  ±650) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 12.6% 52,732 (±1% / ±3,987)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 12% 4,610,600 (±0.1% / ±37,676)

18.6 minutes ±1.6 (248,420  ±26,441) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 25.4 4,337,195 (±0.4 / ±92,869)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in California: 29 449,199,070 (±0 / ±1,016,968)

Families

12,420 ±464 Number of households
  • the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 132,046 ±784
  • California: 13,434,847 ±19,805
2.1 ±0.1 (26,386  ±142) Persons per household
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 3.2 417,081 (±0 / ±455)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in California: 2.9 38,375,888

4.7% ±1.6% (323  ±108) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 4.5% † 4,499 (±0.5% / ±531)
  • a little less than the rate in California: 4.8% 458,434 (±0.1% / ±6,537)

Housing

13,760 ±425 Number of housing units
  • the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 144,659 ±175
  • California: 14,532,683 ±1,118

$1,003,300 ±$56,416 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: $723,100 ±$10,176
  • about 1.4 times the amount in California: $695,400 ±$1,030

24.1% ±3% (7,104  ±,869.5) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 11.2% 48,222 (±0.7% / ±2,826.3)
  • more than double the rate in California: 11.2% 4,339,762 (±0.1% / ±29,112.5)

Social

93.9% ±4.2% (20,573  ±1,069.7) 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)
54.4% ±3.2% (11,923  ±,779.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about double the rate in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 27.9% 77,872 (±0.7% / ±1,970.3)
  • about 1.5 times 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

15.7% ±2.1% (4,679  ±625) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 28.8% 125,345
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 26.7% 10,479,526

7.3% ±1.2% (1,594  ±267) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 4.5% 14,289 (±0.3% / ±924)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in California: 4.5% 1,355,918 (±0% / ±10,743)
1,594 Total veterans ±267 1,410 Male ±237 184 Female ±82

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