Carmel-by-the-Sea vs Pine Canyon

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

Carmel-by-the-Sea and Pine Canyon 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 2,538 in Pine Canyon). Carmel-by-the-Sea has the higher median household income ($115,729 vs $106,284 in Pine Canyon). Carmel-by-the-Sea has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $372,400 in Pine Canyon).

Population, income & housing

	Carmel-by-the-Sea	Pine Canyon
Population	3,186	2,538
Median age	68.9 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$115,729	$106,284
Median home value	$2,000,001	$372,400
Median gross rent	$2,933	$1,686
Housing units	3,250	830
Homeownership rate	57.9%	86.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	76.0%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carmel-by-the-Sea	Pine Canyon
Population	3,830 → 3,186 (-16.8%)	2,369 → 2,538 (+7.1%)
Median household income	$98,188 → $115,729 (+17.9%)	$71,591 → $106,284 (+48.5%)
Median home value	$1,550,600 → $2,000,001 (+29.0%)	$339,100 → $372,400 (+9.8%)
Median gross rent	$2,209 → $2,933 (+32.8%)	$1,311 → $1,686 (+28.6%)

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

Pine Canyon

Population

2,3692,538

Median household income

$71,591$106,284

Median home value

$339,100$372,400

Median gross rent

$1,311$1,686

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carmel-by-the-Sea	Pine Canyon
Under 5	0.0%	1.8%
5 to 17	4.4%	27.7%
18 to 24	0.3%	5.8%
25 to 34	6.2%	11.0%
35 to 44	4.6%	5.3%
45 to 54	11.3%	28.4%
55 to 64	14.7%	8.0%
65 to 74	31.3%	3.5%
75 and over	27.4%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carmel-by-the-Sea	Pine Canyon
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	29.7%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.5%
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%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	67.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carmel-by-the-Sea	Pine Canyon
No high school diploma	4.2%	23.0%
High school graduate	5.1%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	14.6%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	48.3%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	27.7%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carmel-by-the-Sea	Pine Canyon
Drove alone	45.0%	65.1%
Carpooled	31.1%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	2.5%
Walked	7.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.7%	19.5%
Other means	0.9%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carmel-by-the-Sea	Pine Canyon
1-unit, detached	89.0%	68.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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%	31.7%

Poverty & households

	Carmel-by-the-Sea	Pine Canyon
Poverty rate	4.9%	2.8%
Average household size	1.86	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	11	30
Median year structure built	1946	1980