Carmel-by-the-Sea vs Carmel Valley Village

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

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

Carmel Valley Village has the higher population (4,435 vs 3,186 in Carmel-by-the-Sea). Carmel Valley Village has the higher median household income ($164,167 vs $115,729 in Carmel-by-the-Sea). Carmel-by-the-Sea has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,155,800 in Carmel Valley Village).

Population, income & housing

	Carmel-by-the-Sea	Carmel Valley Village
Population	3,186	4,435
Median age	68.9 yrs	57.1 yrs
Median household income	$115,729	$164,167
Median home value	$2,000,001	$1,155,800
Median gross rent	$2,933	$2,223
Housing units	3,250	2,236
Homeownership rate	57.9%	78.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	76.0%	60.9%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carmel-by-the-Sea	Carmel Valley Village
Population	3,830 → 3,186 (-16.8%)	4,152 → 4,435 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$98,188 → $115,729 (+17.9%)	$89,286 → $164,167 (+83.9%)
Median home value	$1,550,600 → $2,000,001 (+29.0%)	$914,400 → $1,155,800 (+26.4%)
Median gross rent	$2,209 → $2,933 (+32.8%)	$1,862 → $2,223 (+19.4%)

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

Carmel Valley Village

Population

4,1524,435

Median household income

$89,286$164,167

Median home value

$914,400$1,155,800

Median gross rent

$1,862$2,223

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carmel-by-the-Sea	Carmel Valley Village
Under 5	0.0%	3.2%
5 to 17	4.4%	12.7%
18 to 24	0.3%	4.0%
25 to 34	6.2%	3.5%
35 to 44	4.6%	16.1%
45 to 54	11.3%	7.9%
55 to 64	14.7%	16.7%
65 to 74	31.3%	27.3%
75 and over	27.4%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carmel-by-the-Sea	Carmel Valley Village
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	89.8%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	6.4%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carmel-by-the-Sea	Carmel Valley Village
No high school diploma	4.2%	2.8%
High school graduate	5.1%	9.7%
Some college or associate's	14.6%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	48.3%	37.1%
Graduate or professional degree	27.7%	23.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carmel-by-the-Sea	Carmel Valley Village
Drove alone	45.0%	59.1%
Carpooled	31.1%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.4%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.7%	34.7%
Other means	0.9%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carmel-by-the-Sea	Carmel Valley Village
1-unit, detached	89.0%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	10.0%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Carmel-by-the-Sea	Carmel Valley Village
Poverty rate	4.9%	6.2%
Average household size	1.86	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	11	27
Median year structure built	1946	1967