Monterey vs Prunedale

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

Monterey and Prunedale 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 19,286 in Prunedale). Prunedale has the higher median household income ($106,442 vs $104,110 in Monterey). Monterey has the higher median home value ($1,003,300 vs $760,200 in Prunedale).

Population, income & housing

	Monterey	Prunedale
Population	29,772	19,286
Median age	37.1 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$104,110	$106,442
Median home value	$1,003,300	$760,200
Median gross rent	$2,288	$1,711
Housing units	13,760	5,802
Homeownership rate	37.9%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.4%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monterey	Prunedale
Population	28,352 → 29,772 (+5.0%)	20,327 → 19,286 (-5.1%)
Median household income	$80,694 → $104,110 (+29.0%)	$89,137 → $106,442 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$782,500 → $1,003,300 (+28.2%)	$566,700 → $760,200 (+34.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,793 → $2,288 (+27.6%)	$1,430 → $1,711 (+19.7%)

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

Prunedale

Population

20,32719,286

Median household income

$89,137$106,442

Median home value

$566,700$760,200

Median gross rent

$1,430$1,711

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Monterey	Prunedale
Under 5	5.4%	6.4%
5 to 17	9.0%	21.3%
18 to 24	12.0%	8.4%
25 to 34	20.6%	10.7%
35 to 44	11.6%	14.1%
45 to 54	9.5%	11.7%
55 to 64	12.2%	11.6%
65 to 74	9.6%	11.0%
75 and over	10.1%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monterey	Prunedale
White (non-Hispanic)	63.4%	35.0%
Black or African American	3.2%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	6.5%	5.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.4%
Some other race	1.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.1%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	21.1%	53.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monterey	Prunedale
No high school diploma	6.1%	22.7%
High school graduate	12.7%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	27.6%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	26.8%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monterey	Prunedale
Drove alone	58.3%	77.3%
Carpooled	4.5%	11.2%
Public transit	3.2%	0.2%
Walked	10.1%	0.6%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.1%
Worked from home	20.5%	6.0%
Other means	1.7%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monterey	Prunedale
1-unit, detached	44.5%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	20.6%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	1.8%
20 or more units	13.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	14.7%

Poverty & households

	Monterey	Prunedale
Poverty rate	10.5%	8.5%
Average household size	2.12	3.52
Mean commute (minutes)	19	33
Median year structure built	1970	1976