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Pajaro, CA

3,066 Population
0.9 square miles 3,300 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

27.1 ±8.2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 34.9 ±0.1
  • about three-quarters of the figure in California: 37 ±0.1

Economics

$15,018 ±$2,902 Per capita income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: $33,786 ±$626
  • about one-third of the amount in California: $41,276 ±$139
$58,529 ±$12,333 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: $82,013 ±$1,767
  • about two-thirds of the amount in California: $84,097 ±$236

18.1% ±9.8% (554  ±315) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 12.2% 51,288 (±0.8% / ±3,338)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 12.3% 4,741,175 (±0.1% / ±41,071)

25.5 minutes ±6.5 (25,930  ±9,744) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 24.5 4,350,600 (±0.4 / ±99,643)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 29.6 478,871,000 (±0.1 / ±1,246,675)

Families

574 ±93 Number of households
  • the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 129,977 ±846
  • California: 13,217,586 ±19,810
5.2 ±0.4 (2,960  ±542) Persons per household
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 3.2 421,588 (±0 / ±2,031)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in California: 2.9 38,640,268

13.7% ±6.6% (87  ±47) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 4.4% † 4,461 (±0.6% / ±585)
  • more than double the rate in California: 4.8% 461,770 (±0.1% / ±5,716)

Housing

574 ±93 Number of housing units
  • the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 143,094 ±576
  • California: 14,328,539 ±1,595

$416,100 ±$76,366 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: $596,400 ±$8,452
  • about three-quarters of the amount in California: $573,200 ±$1,125

6.1% ±4.8% (182  ±146) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 11.4% 49,495 (±0.7% / ±3,002.6)
  • about half the rate in California: 12% 4,685,365 (±0.1% / ±28,785.1)

Social

61.4% ±11.4% (943  ±265.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 73% 204,753 (±1.2% / ±3,342.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 84.2% 22,561,035 (±0.2% / ±42,563.7)
7% ±7.4% (107  ±115.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 26.5% 74,311 (±0.7% / ±1,915.6)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in California: 35.3% 9,451,438 (±0.1% / ±26,582.9)

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

35% ±7.1% (1,072  ±289) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 29% 127,488 (±0.6% / ±2,698)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 26.5% 10,454,949 (±0.1% / ±34,327)

3.6% ±3% (72  ±61) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 5% 15,787 (±0.4% / ±1,148)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 4.8% 1,467,026 (±0% / ±9,913)
72 Total veterans ±61 72 Male ±61 N/A Female ±13

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