Marina vs Salinas

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

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

Salinas has the higher population (161,993 vs 22,324 in Marina). Salinas has the higher median household income ($89,150 vs $88,518 in Marina). Marina has the higher median home value ($760,800 vs $610,900 in Salinas).

Population, income & housing

	Marina	Salinas
Population	22,324	161,993
Median age	36.7 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	$88,518	$89,150
Median home value	$760,800	$610,900
Median gross rent	$2,105	$1,923
Housing units	8,269	45,206
Homeownership rate	39.3%	47.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.1%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marina	Salinas
Population	21,981 → 22,324 (+1.6%)	156,143 → 161,993 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$64,258 → $88,518 (+37.8%)	$61,527 → $89,150 (+44.9%)
Median home value	$513,000 → $760,800 (+48.3%)	$415,000 → $610,900 (+47.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,402 → $2,105 (+50.1%)	$1,411 → $1,923 (+36.3%)

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

Salinas

Population

156,143161,993

Median household income

$61,527$89,150

Median home value

$415,000$610,900

Median gross rent

$1,411$1,923

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marina	Salinas
Under 5	5.2%	8.2%
5 to 17	15.8%	21.8%
18 to 24	13.4%	10.2%
25 to 34	13.3%	14.3%
35 to 44	13.4%	14.0%
45 to 54	12.0%	11.4%
55 to 64	12.2%	9.9%
65 to 74	8.6%	5.9%
75 and over	6.1%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marina	Salinas
White (non-Hispanic)	38.3%	11.5%
Black or African American	6.1%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	13.3%	5.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	3.3%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	8.1%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	30.2%	80.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marina	Salinas
No high school diploma	10.8%	37.6%
High school graduate	21.1%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	16.2%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marina	Salinas
Drove alone	69.3%	72.7%
Carpooled	12.0%	11.3%
Public transit	2.5%	0.9%
Walked	2.2%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.1%
Worked from home	11.0%	4.3%
Other means	2.6%	9.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marina	Salinas
1-unit, detached	48.1%	56.4%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	15.1%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	16.5%
20 or more units	8.5%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Marina	Salinas
Poverty rate	14.6%	14.2%
Average household size	2.62	3.66
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1980	1976