Carmel Valley Village vs Del Monte Forest

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

Carmel Valley Village 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.

Carmel Valley Village has the higher population (4,435 vs 3,576 in Del Monte Forest). Carmel Valley Village has the higher median household income ($164,167 vs $154,730 in Del Monte Forest). Del Monte Forest has the higher median home value ($1,796,900 vs $1,155,800 in Carmel Valley Village).

Population, income & housing

	Carmel Valley Village	Del Monte Forest
Population	4,435	3,576
Median age	57.1 yrs	60.5 yrs
Median household income	$164,167	$154,730
Median home value	$1,155,800	$1,796,900
Median gross rent	$2,223	$3,501
Housing units	2,236	2,905
Homeownership rate	78.9%	85.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.9%	70.5%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carmel Valley Village	Del Monte Forest
Population	4,152 → 4,435 (+6.8%)	4,105 → 3,576 (-12.9%)
Median household income	$89,286 → $164,167 (+83.9%)	$147,500 → $154,730 (+4.9%)
Median home value	$914,400 → $1,155,800 (+26.4%)	$1,356,500 → $1,796,900 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,862 → $2,223 (+19.4%)	$2,914 → $3,501 (+20.1%)

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

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 Valley Village	Del Monte Forest
Under 5	3.2%	3.3%
5 to 17	12.7%	7.1%
18 to 24	4.0%	6.6%
25 to 34	3.5%	6.3%
35 to 44	16.1%	9.0%
45 to 54	7.9%	9.6%
55 to 64	16.7%	14.8%
65 to 74	27.3%	21.4%
75 and over	8.7%	22.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carmel Valley Village	Del Monte Forest
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	84.3%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	8.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.8%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.9%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carmel Valley Village	Del Monte Forest
No high school diploma	2.8%	1.0%
High school graduate	9.7%	8.2%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	20.4%
Bachelor's degree	37.1%	29.6%
Graduate or professional degree	23.8%	40.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carmel Valley Village	Del Monte Forest
Drove alone	59.1%	59.9%
Carpooled	5.1%	0.6%
Public transit	0.0%	2.7%
Walked	1.1%	7.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.7%	28.5%
Other means	0.1%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carmel Valley Village	Del Monte Forest
1-unit, detached	77.2%	91.4%
1-unit, attached	10.0%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	3.0%
20 or more units	2.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Carmel Valley Village	Del Monte Forest
Poverty rate	6.2%	5.5%
Average household size	2.27	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1967	1970