Moss Landing vs Spreckels

A side-by-side comparison of Moss Landing and Spreckels: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Spreckels has the higher population (189 vs 34 in Moss Landing). Since 2019, Moss Landing's population has grown faster (-37.0% vs -54.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Moss Landing	Spreckels
Population	34	189
Median age	71.5 yrs	68.9 yrs
Median home value	—	$829,500
Housing units	15	110
Homeownership rate	100.0%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	47.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moss Landing	Spreckels
Population	54 → 34 (-37.0%)	414 → 189 (-54.3%)
Median home value	—	$477,600 → $829,500 (+73.7%)

Moss Landing

Population

5434

Spreckels

Population

414189

Median home value

$477,600$829,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Moss Landing	Spreckels
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	5.3%
45 to 54	26.5%	0.0%
55 to 64	11.8%	8.5%
65 to 74	23.5%	86.2%
75 and over	38.2%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moss Landing	Spreckels
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	67.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	32.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moss Landing	Spreckels
No high school diploma	11.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	64.7%	23.8%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	23.5%	21.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moss Landing	Spreckels
Drove alone	100.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moss Landing	Spreckels
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Moss Landing	Spreckels
Poverty rate	11.8%	0.0%
Average household size	2.00	1.72
Median year structure built	—	1981