Monterey vs Seaside

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

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

Seaside has the higher population (31,964 vs 29,772 in Monterey). Monterey has the higher median household income ($104,110 vs $82,303 in Seaside). Monterey has the higher median home value ($1,003,300 vs $692,600 in Seaside).

Population, income & housing

	Monterey	Seaside
Population	29,772	31,964
Median age	37.1 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$104,110	$82,303
Median home value	$1,003,300	$692,600
Median gross rent	$2,288	$2,314
Housing units	13,760	10,942
Homeownership rate	37.9%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.4%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monterey	Seaside
Population	28,352 → 29,772 (+5.0%)	33,956 → 31,964 (-5.9%)
Median household income	$80,694 → $104,110 (+29.0%)	$63,575 → $82,303 (+29.5%)
Median home value	$782,500 → $1,003,300 (+28.2%)	$488,400 → $692,600 (+41.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,793 → $2,288 (+27.6%)	$1,781 → $2,314 (+29.9%)

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

Seaside

Population

33,95631,964

Median household income

$63,575$82,303

Median home value

$488,400$692,600

Median gross rent

$1,781$2,314

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Monterey	Seaside
Under 5	5.4%	4.7%
5 to 17	9.0%	17.0%
18 to 24	12.0%	13.7%
25 to 34	20.6%	16.4%
35 to 44	11.6%	12.6%
45 to 54	9.5%	11.2%
55 to 64	12.2%	12.0%
65 to 74	9.6%	7.8%
75 and over	10.1%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monterey	Seaside
White (non-Hispanic)	63.4%	30.9%
Black or African American	3.2%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	6.5%	10.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	1.8%
Some other race	1.1%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.1%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	21.1%	46.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monterey	Seaside
No high school diploma	6.1%	18.9%
High school graduate	12.7%	21.9%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	27.6%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	26.8%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monterey	Seaside
Drove alone	58.3%	70.6%
Carpooled	4.5%	12.9%
Public transit	3.2%	1.7%
Walked	10.1%	3.3%
Bicycle	1.7%	1.4%
Worked from home	20.5%	7.9%
Other means	1.7%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monterey	Seaside
1-unit, detached	44.5%	59.6%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	11.8%
2 to 4 units	20.6%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	11.0%
20 or more units	13.6%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Monterey	Seaside
Poverty rate	10.5%	14.9%
Average household size	2.12	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1970	1968