Carmel-by-the-Sea vs Las Lomas

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

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

Las Lomas has the higher population (3,223 vs 3,186 in Carmel-by-the-Sea). Carmel-by-the-Sea has the higher median household income ($115,729 vs $78,869 in Las Lomas). Carmel-by-the-Sea has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $683,900 in Las Lomas).

Population, income & housing

	Carmel-by-the-Sea	Las Lomas
Population	3,186	3,223
Median age	68.9 yrs	30.9 yrs
Median household income	$115,729	$78,869
Median home value	$2,000,001	$683,900
Median gross rent	$2,933	$1,570
Housing units	3,250	743
Homeownership rate	57.9%	69.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	76.0%	6.4%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carmel-by-the-Sea	Las Lomas
Population	3,830 → 3,186 (-16.8%)	2,924 → 3,223 (+10.2%)
Median household income	$98,188 → $115,729 (+17.9%)	$71,667 → $78,869 (+10.0%)
Median home value	$1,550,600 → $2,000,001 (+29.0%)	$467,100 → $683,900 (+46.4%)
Median gross rent	$2,209 → $2,933 (+32.8%)	$1,429 → $1,570 (+9.9%)

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

Las Lomas

Population

2,9243,223

Median household income

$71,667$78,869

Median home value

$467,100$683,900

Median gross rent

$1,429$1,570

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carmel-by-the-Sea	Las Lomas
Under 5	0.0%	2.8%
5 to 17	4.4%	32.5%
18 to 24	0.3%	8.0%
25 to 34	6.2%	11.0%
35 to 44	4.6%	10.5%
45 to 54	11.3%	15.0%
55 to 64	14.7%	9.3%
65 to 74	31.3%	6.9%
75 and over	27.4%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carmel-by-the-Sea	Las Lomas
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	4.2%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	95.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carmel-by-the-Sea	Las Lomas
No high school diploma	4.2%	45.7%
High school graduate	5.1%	21.5%
Some college or associate's	14.6%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	48.3%	3.0%
Graduate or professional degree	27.7%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carmel-by-the-Sea	Las Lomas
Drove alone	45.0%	74.6%
Carpooled	31.1%	15.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.4%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.7%	4.0%
Other means	0.9%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carmel-by-the-Sea	Las Lomas
1-unit, detached	89.0%	88.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Carmel-by-the-Sea	Las Lomas
Poverty rate	4.9%	11.8%
Average household size	1.86	4.34
Mean commute (minutes)	11	27
Median year structure built	1946	1982