Carmel Valley Village vs Pajaro

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

Carmel Valley Village and Pajaro 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 2,480 in Pajaro). Carmel Valley Village has the higher median household income ($164,167 vs $82,083 in Pajaro). Carmel Valley Village has the higher median home value ($1,155,800 vs $638,400 in Pajaro).

Population, income & housing

	Carmel Valley Village	Pajaro
Population	4,435	2,480
Median age	57.1 yrs	30.5 yrs
Median household income	$164,167	$82,083
Median home value	$1,155,800	$638,400
Median gross rent	$2,223	$1,882
Housing units	2,236	538
Homeownership rate	78.9%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.9%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	15.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carmel Valley Village	Pajaro
Population	4,152 → 4,435 (+6.8%)	3,620 → 2,480 (-31.5%)
Median household income	$89,286 → $164,167 (+83.9%)	$53,625 → $82,083 (+53.1%)
Median home value	$914,400 → $1,155,800 (+26.4%)	$265,000 → $638,400 (+140.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,862 → $2,223 (+19.4%)	$1,444 → $1,882 (+30.3%)

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

Pajaro

Population

3,6202,480

Median household income

$53,625$82,083

Median home value

$265,000$638,400

Median gross rent

$1,444$1,882

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carmel Valley Village	Pajaro
Under 5	3.2%	16.6%
5 to 17	12.7%	10.8%
18 to 24	4.0%	9.4%
25 to 34	3.5%	21.6%
35 to 44	16.1%	9.8%
45 to 54	7.9%	8.1%
55 to 64	16.7%	10.0%
65 to 74	27.3%	10.8%
75 and over	8.7%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carmel Valley Village	Pajaro
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	3.6%
Black or African American	0.8%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	93.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carmel Valley Village	Pajaro
No high school diploma	2.8%	47.0%
High school graduate	9.7%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	19.9%
Bachelor's degree	37.1%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	23.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carmel Valley Village	Pajaro
Drove alone	59.1%	74.6%
Carpooled	5.1%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.7%	17.6%
Other means	0.1%	5.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carmel Valley Village	Pajaro
1-unit, detached	77.2%	41.6%
1-unit, attached	10.0%	16.4%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	17.5%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	3.5%
20 or more units	2.5%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	13.2%

Poverty & households

	Carmel Valley Village	Pajaro
Poverty rate	6.2%	14.7%
Average household size	2.27	4.37
Mean commute (minutes)	27	32
Median year structure built	1967	1972