Housing density: 1,675 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022 in this county: $440,221.
Median contract rent in 2022: over $2,000 (lower quartile is $1,687, upper quartile is over $2,000)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $3,316
Median gross rent in Monterey, CA in 2022: over $2,000
Housing units in Monterey with a mortgage: 2,739 (372 second mortgage, 11 home equity loan, 337 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 25
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $148,465
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $79,829
2,970 married couples with children.
515 single-parent households (273 men, 242 women).
73.6% of residents of Monterey speak English at home.
12.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (66% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
6.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (64% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
3.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (66% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 23% speak English not well).
1.6% of residents speak other language at home (66% speak English very well, 34% speak English well, 1% speak English not well).
Foreign born population: 4,945 (16.7%)
(46.6% of them are naturalized citizens)
Percentage of workers working in this county: 94.7% Number of people working at home: 5,012 (29.6% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 277
5 to 9 minutes: 2,441
10 to 14 minutes: 2,731
15 to 19 minutes: 2,269
20 to 24 minutes: 1,535
25 to 29 minutes: 333
30 to 34 minutes: 690
35 to 39 minutes: 543
40 to 44 minutes: 478
45 to 59 minutes: 322
60 to 89 minutes: 235
90 or more minutes: 319
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 20,107 (64.1%)
Carpooled: 2,411 (7.7%)
Bus: 1,668 (5.3%)
Taxi: 727 (2.3%)
Bicycle: 680 (2.2%)
Walked: 2,157 (6.9%)
Worked at home: 5,012 (16.0%)
Unemployment by race in 2022
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
4.8%Males
3.3%Females
Unemployment rate for Asian residents
1.0%Males
3.6%Females
Unemployment rate for other race residents
7.1%Males
Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
9.8%Males
4.7%Females
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
8.2%Males
2.0%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Monterey, California
1,9492010 or later
1,0452000 to 2009
8321990 to 1999
1,3581980 to 1989
6231970 to 1979
1,292Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
Italian: 1,442 (9.8%)
English: 1,272 (8.6%)
Irish: 1,109 (7.5%)
German: 999 (6.8%)
American: 667 (4.5%)
European: 586 (4.0%)
Polish: 320 (2.2%)
Russian: 183 (1.2%)
Swedish: 164 (1.1%)
Romanian: 151 (1.0%)
Scottish: 131 (0.9%)
French: 130 (0.9%)
Syrian: 121 (0.8%)
Portuguese: 121 (0.8%)
Armenian: 113 (0.8%)
Ukrainian: 111 (0.8%)
Afghan: 100 (0.7%)
Lebanese: 90 (0.6%)
Norwegian: 87 (0.6%)
Greek: 74 (0.5%)
Eastern European: 74 (0.5%)
Egyptian: 72 (0.5%)
Scotch-Irish: 72 (0.5%)
Arab: 71 (0.5%)
Iranian: 70 (0.5%)
South African: 51 (0.3%)
Dutch: 46 (0.3%)
Serbian: 35 (0.2%)
French Canadian: 33 (0.2%)
Scandinavian: 32 (0.2%)
African: 32 (0.2%)
Czech: 31 (0.2%)
British: 25 (0.2%)
Canadian: 22 (0.1%)
Yugoslavian: 22 (0.1%)
Hungarian: 20 (0.1%)
Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 17 (0.1%)
Welsh: 16 (0.1%)
Brazilian: 14 (0.09%)
Haitian: 13 (0.09%)
Slovene: 10 (0.07%)
Latvian: 9 (0.06%)
Northern European: 9 (0.06%)
Iraqi: 8 (0.05%)
Basque: 6 (0.04%)
Danish: 6 (0.04%)
Lithuanian: 3 (0.02%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Mexico
Monterey:
22.0% (1,069)
California:
37.2% (3,881,193)
India
Monterey:
9.3% (451)
California:
5.2% (539,184)
Korea
Monterey:
6.2% (301)
California:
3.0% (315,248)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Monterey:
5.4% (261)
California:
6.6% (684,672)
England
Monterey:
4.8% (233)
California:
0.6% (57,953)
El Salvador
Monterey:
3.7% (181)
California:
4.2% (440,287)
Romania
Monterey:
3.1% (150)
California:
0.2% (23,058)
Syria
Monterey:
3.0% (144)
California:
0.3% (30,949)
Japan
Monterey:
2.9% (141)
California:
1.0% (103,575)
Philippines
Monterey:
2.7% (130)
California:
7.8% (818,297)
Afghanistan
Monterey:
2.5% (123)
California:
0.5% (53,260)
Russia
Monterey:
2.1% (102)
California:
0.7% (71,932)
Germany
Monterey:
2.0% (99)
California:
0.7% (73,304)
Ukraine
Monterey:
1.7% (83)
California:
0.6% (60,761)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 13,212
Other state: 10,746
Northeast: 2,114
Midwest: 2,292
South: 3,988
West: 2,399
74.5% of Monterey residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 23.8% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 37.8% lived in California.
Monterey:
74.5%
State average:
88.9%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 140
Nursery to 4th grade: 20
5th and 6th grade: 105
7th and 8th grade: 59
9th grade: 73
10th grade: 16
11th grade: 22
12th grade, no diploma: 297
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,427
Less than 1 year of college: 547
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,166
Associate degree: 877
Bachelor's degree: 3,439
Master's degree: 1,957
Professional school degree: 185
Doctorate degree: 574
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 144
Nursery to 4th grade: 31
5th and 6th grade: 116
7th and 8th grade: 34
9th grade: 221
10th grade: 10
11th grade: 5
12th grade, no diploma: 105
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,288
Less than 1 year of college: 643
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,339
Associate degree: 1,095
Bachelor's degree: 3,286
Master's degree: 1,892
Professional school degree: 314
Doctorate degree: 286
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 6,121
One, attached: 1,039
Two: 839
3 or 4: 1,920
5 to 9: 1,103
10 to 19: 1,003
20 to 49: 1,140
50 or more: 963
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 0.3%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 1.8%
House/condo owner moved in on average 14 years ago