King City vs Pacific Grove

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

King City 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 13,512 in King City). Pacific Grove has the higher median household income ($105,568 vs $63,090 in King City). Pacific Grove has the higher median home value ($1,129,400 vs $395,800 in King City).

Population, income & housing

	King City	Pacific Grove
Population	13,512	15,003
Median age	28.9 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$63,090	$105,568
Median home value	$395,800	$1,129,400
Median gross rent	$1,527	$2,384
Housing units	3,631	8,315
Homeownership rate	43.6%	48.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	58.5%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	King City	Pacific Grove
Population	13,921 → 13,512 (-2.9%)	15,522 → 15,003 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$49,375 → $63,090 (+27.8%)	$88,250 → $105,568 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$252,500 → $395,800 (+56.8%)	$857,900 → $1,129,400 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,141 → $1,527 (+33.8%)	$1,758 → $2,384 (+35.6%)

King City

Population

13,92113,512

Median household income

$49,375$63,090

Median home value

$252,500$395,800

Median gross rent

$1,141$1,527

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)

	King City	Pacific Grove
Under 5	10.9%	3.6%
5 to 17	25.2%	12.6%
18 to 24	9.8%	4.9%
25 to 34	13.4%	12.7%
35 to 44	14.2%	10.6%
45 to 54	10.1%	12.1%
55 to 64	6.6%	14.7%
65 to 74	7.0%	15.8%
75 and over	2.8%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	King City	Pacific Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	8.0%	72.8%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.3%	7.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.3%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	90.1%	11.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	King City	Pacific Grove
No high school diploma	49.2%	3.5%
High school graduate	21.6%	11.2%
Some college or associate's	16.4%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	29.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	28.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	King City	Pacific Grove
Drove alone	66.5%	64.7%
Carpooled	14.0%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	1.4%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.8%	3.1%
Worked from home	3.4%	18.0%
Other means	13.8%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	King City	Pacific Grove
1-unit, detached	63.5%	61.4%
1-unit, attached	8.9%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	11.8%
20 or more units	1.2%	10.3%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	King City	Pacific Grove
Poverty rate	19.8%	7.1%
Average household size	4.03	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	28	21
Median year structure built	1988	1957