Pacific Grove vs Prunedale

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

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

Prunedale has the higher population (19,286 vs 15,003 in Pacific Grove). Prunedale has the higher median household income ($106,442 vs $105,568 in Pacific Grove). Pacific Grove has the higher median home value ($1,129,400 vs $760,200 in Prunedale).

Population, income & housing

	Pacific Grove	Prunedale
Population	15,003	19,286
Median age	50.3 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$105,568	$106,442
Median home value	$1,129,400	$760,200
Median gross rent	$2,384	$1,711
Housing units	8,315	5,802
Homeownership rate	48.8%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.5%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pacific Grove	Prunedale
Population	15,522 → 15,003 (-3.3%)	20,327 → 19,286 (-5.1%)
Median household income	$88,250 → $105,568 (+19.6%)	$89,137 → $106,442 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$857,900 → $1,129,400 (+31.6%)	$566,700 → $760,200 (+34.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,758 → $2,384 (+35.6%)	$1,430 → $1,711 (+19.7%)

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

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)

	Pacific Grove	Prunedale
Under 5	3.6%	6.4%
5 to 17	12.6%	21.3%
18 to 24	4.9%	8.4%
25 to 34	12.7%	10.7%
35 to 44	10.6%	14.1%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.7%
55 to 64	14.7%	11.6%
65 to 74	15.8%	11.0%
75 and over	13.0%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pacific Grove	Prunedale
White (non-Hispanic)	72.8%	35.0%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	7.4%	5.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.4%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	6.7%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	53.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pacific Grove	Prunedale
No high school diploma	3.5%	22.7%
High school graduate	11.2%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	29.7%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	28.8%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pacific Grove	Prunedale
Drove alone	64.7%	77.3%
Carpooled	7.7%	11.2%
Public transit	0.5%	0.2%
Walked	5.1%	0.6%
Bicycle	3.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	18.0%	6.0%
Other means	0.8%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pacific Grove	Prunedale
1-unit, detached	61.4%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	11.8%	1.8%
20 or more units	10.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	14.7%

Poverty & households

	Pacific Grove	Prunedale
Poverty rate	7.1%	8.5%
Average household size	2.09	3.52
Mean commute (minutes)	21	33
Median year structure built	1957	1976