Carmel-by-the-Sea vs Del Monte Forest

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

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

Del Monte Forest has the higher population (3,576 vs 3,186 in Carmel-by-the-Sea). Del Monte Forest has the higher median household income ($154,730 vs $115,729 in Carmel-by-the-Sea). Carmel-by-the-Sea has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,796,900 in Del Monte Forest).

Population, income & housing

	Carmel-by-the-Sea	Del Monte Forest
Population	3,186	3,576
Median age	68.9 yrs	60.5 yrs
Median household income	$115,729	$154,730
Median home value	$2,000,001	$1,796,900
Median gross rent	$2,933	$3,501
Housing units	3,250	2,905
Homeownership rate	57.9%	85.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	76.0%	70.5%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carmel-by-the-Sea	Del Monte Forest
Population	3,830 → 3,186 (-16.8%)	4,105 → 3,576 (-12.9%)
Median household income	$98,188 → $115,729 (+17.9%)	$147,500 → $154,730 (+4.9%)
Median home value	$1,550,600 → $2,000,001 (+29.0%)	$1,356,500 → $1,796,900 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$2,209 → $2,933 (+32.8%)	$2,914 → $3,501 (+20.1%)

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

Del Monte Forest

Population

4,1053,576

Median household income

$147,500$154,730

Median home value

$1,356,500$1,796,900

Median gross rent

$2,914$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carmel-by-the-Sea	Del Monte Forest
Under 5	0.0%	3.3%
5 to 17	4.4%	7.1%
18 to 24	0.3%	6.6%
25 to 34	6.2%	6.3%
35 to 44	4.6%	9.0%
45 to 54	11.3%	9.6%
55 to 64	14.7%	14.8%
65 to 74	31.3%	21.4%
75 and over	27.4%	22.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carmel-by-the-Sea	Del Monte Forest
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	84.3%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.4%	8.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.4%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carmel-by-the-Sea	Del Monte Forest
No high school diploma	4.2%	1.0%
High school graduate	5.1%	8.2%
Some college or associate's	14.6%	20.4%
Bachelor's degree	48.3%	29.6%
Graduate or professional degree	27.7%	40.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carmel-by-the-Sea	Del Monte Forest
Drove alone	45.0%	59.9%
Carpooled	31.1%	0.6%
Public transit	0.0%	2.7%
Walked	7.4%	7.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.7%	28.5%
Other means	0.9%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carmel-by-the-Sea	Del Monte Forest
1-unit, detached	89.0%	91.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Carmel-by-the-Sea	Del Monte Forest
Poverty rate	4.9%	5.5%
Average household size	1.86	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	11	26
Median year structure built	1946	1970