Boronda vs Carmel-by-the-Sea

A side-by-side comparison of Boronda and Carmel-by-the-Sea: population, income, housing, and more.

Boronda and Carmel-by-the-Sea are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Carmel-by-the-Sea has the higher population (3,186 vs 2,246 in Boronda). Carmel-by-the-Sea has the higher median household income ($115,729 vs $77,639 in Boronda). Carmel-by-the-Sea has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $581,300 in Boronda).

Population, income & housing

	Boronda	Carmel-by-the-Sea
Population	2,246	3,186
Median age	32.1 yrs	68.9 yrs
Median household income	$77,639	$115,729
Median home value	$581,300	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$1,964	$2,933
Housing units	559	3,250
Homeownership rate	53.0%	57.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	76.0%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boronda	Carmel-by-the-Sea
Population	1,763 → 2,246 (+27.4%)	3,830 → 3,186 (-16.8%)
Median household income	$47,383 → $77,639 (+63.9%)	$98,188 → $115,729 (+17.9%)
Median home value	$291,500 → $581,300 (+99.4%)	$1,550,600 → $2,000,001 (+29.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,710 → $1,964 (+14.9%)	$2,209 → $2,933 (+32.8%)

Boronda

Population

1,7632,246

Median household income

$47,383$77,639

Median home value

$291,500$581,300

Median gross rent

$1,710$1,964

Carmel-by-the-Sea

Population

3,8303,186

Median household income

$98,188$115,729

Median home value

$1,550,600$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,209$2,933

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boronda	Carmel-by-the-Sea
Under 5	13.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.6%	4.4%
18 to 24	10.8%	0.3%
25 to 34	17.6%	6.2%
35 to 44	15.5%	4.6%
45 to 54	13.9%	11.3%
55 to 64	11.5%	14.7%
65 to 74	1.0%	31.3%
75 and over	0.3%	27.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boronda	Carmel-by-the-Sea
White (non-Hispanic)	6.6%	86.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.8%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	85.8%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boronda	Carmel-by-the-Sea
No high school diploma	41.2%	4.2%
High school graduate	26.3%	5.1%
Some college or associate's	18.8%	14.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	48.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	27.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boronda	Carmel-by-the-Sea
Drove alone	82.1%	45.0%
Carpooled	5.6%	31.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	15.7%
Other means	7.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boronda	Carmel-by-the-Sea
1-unit, detached	85.2%	89.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.5%
20 or more units	8.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Boronda	Carmel-by-the-Sea
Poverty rate	7.2%	4.9%
Average household size	4.33	1.86
Mean commute (minutes)	27	11
Median year structure built	1978	1946