Baywood Park vs Montara

A side-by-side comparison of Baywood Park and Montara: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Montara has the higher population (2,897 vs 1,481 in Baywood Park). Montara has the higher median household income ($201,367 vs $201,071 in Baywood Park). Baywood Park has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,467,400 in Montara).

Population, income & housing

	Baywood Park	Montara
Population	1,481	2,897
Median age	50.4 yrs	56.0 yrs
Median household income	$201,071	$201,367
Median home value	$2,000,001	$1,467,400
Housing units	564	1,226
Homeownership rate	97.2%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.8%	62.1%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baywood Park	Montara
Population	1,786 → 1,481 (-17.1%)	2,504 → 2,897 (+15.7%)
Median household income	$179,833 → $201,071 (+11.8%)	$93,167 → $201,367 (+116.1%)
Median home value	$1,982,900 → $2,000,001 (+0.9%)	$1,012,400 → $1,467,400 (+44.9%)
Median gross rent	$3,501 → $3,501 (+0.0%)	$1,708 → $1,803 (+5.6%)

Baywood Park

Population

1,7861,481

Median household income

$179,833$201,071

Median home value

$1,982,900$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$3,501$3,501

Montara

Population

2,5042,897

Median household income

$93,167$201,367

Median home value

$1,012,400$1,467,400

Median gross rent

$1,708$1,803

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baywood Park	Montara
Under 5	2.4%	3.2%
5 to 17	16.1%	10.0%
18 to 24	3.6%	13.8%
25 to 34	7.2%	5.6%
35 to 44	8.0%	9.5%
45 to 54	18.6%	5.7%
55 to 64	14.5%	19.0%
65 to 74	12.9%	26.0%
75 and over	16.6%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baywood Park	Montara
White (non-Hispanic)	59.4%	77.2%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	30.2%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	17.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baywood Park	Montara
No high school diploma	1.3%	6.2%
High school graduate	13.1%	8.0%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	32.5%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	30.3%	39.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baywood Park	Montara
Drove alone	64.3%	55.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.9%
Public transit	4.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	31.7%	31.3%
Other means	0.0%	6.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baywood Park	Montara
1-unit, detached	97.2%	87.4%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	12.6%
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

	Baywood Park	Montara
Poverty rate	1.8%	3.6%
Average household size	2.77	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	1960	1975