Greenfield vs Pacific Grove

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

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

Greenfield has the higher population (19,759 vs 15,003 in Pacific Grove). Pacific Grove has the higher median household income ($105,568 vs $78,946 in Greenfield). Pacific Grove has the higher median home value ($1,129,400 vs $462,400 in Greenfield).

Population, income & housing

	Greenfield	Pacific Grove
Population	19,759	15,003
Median age	27.5 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$78,946	$105,568
Median home value	$462,400	$1,129,400
Median gross rent	$1,690	$2,384
Housing units	4,553	8,315
Homeownership rate	53.7%	48.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	58.5%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenfield	Pacific Grove
Population	17,373 → 19,759 (+13.7%)	15,522 → 15,003 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$59,595 → $78,946 (+32.5%)	$88,250 → $105,568 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$305,000 → $462,400 (+51.6%)	$857,900 → $1,129,400 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,480 → $1,690 (+14.2%)	$1,758 → $2,384 (+35.6%)

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

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)

	Greenfield	Pacific Grove
Under 5	10.9%	3.6%
5 to 17	26.3%	12.6%
18 to 24	9.8%	4.9%
25 to 34	13.8%	12.7%
35 to 44	12.8%	10.6%
45 to 54	10.1%	12.1%
55 to 64	7.4%	14.7%
65 to 74	6.9%	15.8%
75 and over	2.0%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenfield	Pacific Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	2.2%	72.8%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.1%	7.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.1%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	94.8%	11.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenfield	Pacific Grove
No high school diploma	49.4%	3.5%
High school graduate	25.8%	11.2%
Some college or associate's	15.9%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	29.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	28.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenfield	Pacific Grove
Drove alone	73.9%	64.7%
Carpooled	9.6%	7.7%
Public transit	0.3%	0.5%
Walked	1.0%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.1%
Worked from home	1.5%	18.0%
Other means	13.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenfield	Pacific Grove
1-unit, detached	68.3%	61.4%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	13.1%	11.8%
20 or more units	4.0%	10.3%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Greenfield	Pacific Grove
Poverty rate	12.2%	7.1%
Average household size	4.54	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1995	1957