Marina vs Pacific Grove

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

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

Marina has the higher population (22,324 vs 15,003 in Pacific Grove). Pacific Grove has the higher median household income ($105,568 vs $88,518 in Marina). Pacific Grove has the higher median home value ($1,129,400 vs $760,800 in Marina).

Population, income & housing

	Marina	Pacific Grove
Population	22,324	15,003
Median age	36.7 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$88,518	$105,568
Median home value	$760,800	$1,129,400
Median gross rent	$2,105	$2,384
Housing units	8,269	8,315
Homeownership rate	39.3%	48.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.1%	58.5%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marina	Pacific Grove
Population	21,981 → 22,324 (+1.6%)	15,522 → 15,003 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$64,258 → $88,518 (+37.8%)	$88,250 → $105,568 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$513,000 → $760,800 (+48.3%)	$857,900 → $1,129,400 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,402 → $2,105 (+50.1%)	$1,758 → $2,384 (+35.6%)

Marina

Population

21,98122,324

Median household income

$64,258$88,518

Median home value

$513,000$760,800

Median gross rent

$1,402$2,105

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)

	Marina	Pacific Grove
Under 5	5.2%	3.6%
5 to 17	15.8%	12.6%
18 to 24	13.4%	4.9%
25 to 34	13.3%	12.7%
35 to 44	13.4%	10.6%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.1%
55 to 64	12.2%	14.7%
65 to 74	8.6%	15.8%
75 and over	6.1%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marina	Pacific Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	38.3%	72.8%
Black or African American	6.1%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	13.3%	7.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	3.3%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	8.1%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	30.2%	11.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marina	Pacific Grove
No high school diploma	10.8%	3.5%
High school graduate	21.1%	11.2%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	29.7%
Graduate or professional degree	16.2%	28.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marina	Pacific Grove
Drove alone	69.3%	64.7%
Carpooled	12.0%	7.7%
Public transit	2.5%	0.5%
Walked	2.2%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.6%	3.1%
Worked from home	11.0%	18.0%
Other means	2.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marina	Pacific Grove
1-unit, detached	48.1%	61.4%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	15.1%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	11.8%
20 or more units	8.5%	10.3%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Marina	Pacific Grove
Poverty rate	14.6%	7.1%
Average household size	2.62	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1980	1957