Del Monte Forest vs Gonzales

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

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

Gonzales has the higher population (8,526 vs 3,576 in Del Monte Forest). Del Monte Forest has the higher median household income ($154,730 vs $76,060 in Gonzales). Del Monte Forest has the higher median home value ($1,796,900 vs $593,900 in Gonzales).

Population, income & housing

	Del Monte Forest	Gonzales
Population	3,576	8,526
Median age	60.5 yrs	27.9 yrs
Median household income	$154,730	$76,060
Median home value	$1,796,900	$593,900
Median gross rent	$3,501	$1,570
Housing units	2,905	2,290
Homeownership rate	85.2%	57.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	70.5%	9.2%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Del Monte Forest	Gonzales
Population	4,105 → 3,576 (-12.9%)	8,375 → 8,526 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$147,500 → $154,730 (+4.9%)	$65,527 → $76,060 (+16.1%)
Median home value	$1,356,500 → $1,796,900 (+32.5%)	$356,000 → $593,900 (+66.8%)
Median gross rent	$2,914 → $3,501 (+20.1%)	$1,190 → $1,570 (+31.9%)

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

Gonzales

Population

8,3758,526

Median household income

$65,527$76,060

Median home value

$356,000$593,900

Median gross rent

$1,190$1,570

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Del Monte Forest	Gonzales
Under 5	3.3%	8.7%
5 to 17	7.1%	23.0%
18 to 24	6.6%	12.7%
25 to 34	6.3%	13.9%
35 to 44	9.0%	11.4%
45 to 54	9.6%	14.4%
55 to 64	14.8%	8.8%
65 to 74	21.4%	4.5%
75 and over	22.0%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Del Monte Forest	Gonzales
White (non-Hispanic)	84.3%	4.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	8.6%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	92.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Del Monte Forest	Gonzales
No high school diploma	1.0%	37.7%
High school graduate	8.2%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	20.4%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	29.6%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	40.9%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Del Monte Forest	Gonzales
Drove alone	59.9%	80.4%
Carpooled	0.6%	11.6%
Public transit	2.7%	0.0%
Walked	7.3%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.5%	2.2%
Other means	1.0%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Del Monte Forest	Gonzales
1-unit, detached	91.4%	70.4%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	16.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Del Monte Forest	Gonzales
Poverty rate	5.5%	8.0%
Average household size	2.00	3.75
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1970	1981