Gonzales vs Pacific Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Gonzales and Pacific Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pacific Grove has the higher population (15,003 vs 8,526 in Gonzales). Pacific Grove has the higher median household income ($105,568 vs $76,060 in Gonzales). Pacific Grove has the higher median home value ($1,129,400 vs $593,900 in Gonzales).

Population, income & housing

	Gonzales	Pacific Grove
Population	8,526	15,003
Median age	27.9 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$76,060	$105,568
Median home value	$593,900	$1,129,400
Median gross rent	$1,570	$2,384
Housing units	2,290	8,315
Homeownership rate	57.9%	48.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	58.5%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gonzales	Pacific Grove
Population	8,375 → 8,526 (+1.8%)	15,522 → 15,003 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$65,527 → $76,060 (+16.1%)	$88,250 → $105,568 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$356,000 → $593,900 (+66.8%)	$857,900 → $1,129,400 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,190 → $1,570 (+31.9%)	$1,758 → $2,384 (+35.6%)

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

Pacific Grove

Population

15,52215,003

Median household income

$88,250$105,568

Median home value

$857,900$1,129,400

Median gross rent

$1,758$2,384

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gonzales	Pacific Grove
Under 5	8.7%	3.6%
5 to 17	23.0%	12.6%
18 to 24	12.7%	4.9%
25 to 34	13.9%	12.7%
35 to 44	11.4%	10.6%
45 to 54	14.4%	12.1%
55 to 64	8.8%	14.7%
65 to 74	4.5%	15.8%
75 and over	2.7%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gonzales	Pacific Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	4.8%	72.8%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	1.0%	7.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.4%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	92.9%	11.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gonzales	Pacific Grove
No high school diploma	37.7%	3.5%
High school graduate	29.0%	11.2%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	29.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	28.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gonzales	Pacific Grove
Drove alone	80.4%	64.7%
Carpooled	11.6%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	1.6%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.1%
Worked from home	2.2%	18.0%
Other means	4.1%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gonzales	Pacific Grove
1-unit, detached	70.4%	61.4%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	11.8%
20 or more units	3.7%	10.3%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Gonzales	Pacific Grove
Poverty rate	8.0%	7.1%
Average household size	3.75	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1981	1957