Greenfield vs Monterey

A side-by-side comparison of Greenfield and Monterey: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Monterey has the higher population (29,772 vs 19,759 in Greenfield). Monterey has the higher median household income ($104,110 vs $78,946 in Greenfield). Monterey has the higher median home value ($1,003,300 vs $462,400 in Greenfield).

Population, income & housing

	Greenfield	Monterey
Population	19,759	29,772
Median age	27.5 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$78,946	$104,110
Median home value	$462,400	$1,003,300
Median gross rent	$1,690	$2,288
Housing units	4,553	13,760
Homeownership rate	53.7%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	54.4%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenfield	Monterey
Population	17,373 → 19,759 (+13.7%)	28,352 → 29,772 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$59,595 → $78,946 (+32.5%)	$80,694 → $104,110 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$305,000 → $462,400 (+51.6%)	$782,500 → $1,003,300 (+28.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,480 → $1,690 (+14.2%)	$1,793 → $2,288 (+27.6%)

Greenfield

Population

17,37319,759

Median household income

$59,595$78,946

Median home value

$305,000$462,400

Median gross rent

$1,480$1,690

Monterey

Population

28,35229,772

Median household income

$80,694$104,110

Median home value

$782,500$1,003,300

Median gross rent

$1,793$2,288

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenfield	Monterey
Under 5	10.9%	5.4%
5 to 17	26.3%	9.0%
18 to 24	9.8%	12.0%
25 to 34	13.8%	20.6%
35 to 44	12.8%	11.6%
45 to 54	10.1%	9.5%
55 to 64	7.4%	12.2%
65 to 74	6.9%	9.6%
75 and over	2.0%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenfield	Monterey
White (non-Hispanic)	2.2%	63.4%
Black or African American	0.8%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.1%	6.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.1%	1.1%
Two or more races	1.1%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	94.8%	21.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenfield	Monterey
No high school diploma	49.4%	6.1%
High school graduate	25.8%	12.7%
Some college or associate's	15.9%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	26.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenfield	Monterey
Drove alone	73.9%	58.3%
Carpooled	9.6%	4.5%
Public transit	0.3%	3.2%
Walked	1.0%	10.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.7%
Worked from home	1.5%	20.5%
Other means	13.7%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenfield	Monterey
1-unit, detached	68.3%	44.5%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	20.6%
5 to 19 units	13.1%	14.3%
20 or more units	4.0%	13.6%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Greenfield	Monterey
Poverty rate	12.2%	10.5%
Average household size	4.54	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1995	1970