Montara vs Moss Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Montara and Moss Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Moss Beach has the higher population (3,016 vs 2,897 in Montara). Montara has the higher median household income ($201,367 vs $128,333 in Moss Beach). Montara has the higher median home value ($1,467,400 vs $1,112,900 in Moss Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Montara	Moss Beach
Population	2,897	3,016
Median age	56.0 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$201,367	$128,333
Median home value	$1,467,400	$1,112,900
Housing units	1,226	1,050
Homeownership rate	89.5%	96.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.1%	51.1%
Unemployment rate	9.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Montara	Moss Beach
Population	2,504 → 2,897 (+15.7%)	3,604 → 3,016 (-16.3%)
Median household income	$93,167 → $201,367 (+116.1%)	$108,860 → $128,333 (+17.9%)
Median home value	$1,012,400 → $1,467,400 (+44.9%)	$944,900 → $1,112,900 (+17.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,708 → $1,803 (+5.6%)	$1,822 → $3,067 (+68.3%)

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

Moss Beach

Population

3,6043,016

Median household income

$108,860$128,333

Median home value

$944,900$1,112,900

Median gross rent

$1,822$3,067

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Montara	Moss Beach
Under 5	3.2%	6.2%
5 to 17	10.0%	16.9%
18 to 24	13.8%	8.5%
25 to 34	5.6%	5.9%
35 to 44	9.5%	13.8%
45 to 54	5.7%	18.8%
55 to 64	19.0%	10.7%
65 to 74	26.0%	9.7%
75 and over	7.1%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Montara	Moss Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	77.2%	58.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	1.8%	5.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	17.5%	29.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Montara	Moss Beach
No high school diploma	6.2%	18.3%
High school graduate	8.0%	7.2%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	30.6%
Graduate or professional degree	39.1%	20.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Montara	Moss Beach
Drove alone	55.9%	56.9%
Carpooled	5.9%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	6.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	5.7%
Worked from home	31.3%	18.3%
Other means	6.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Montara	Moss Beach
1-unit, detached	87.4%	78.5%
1-unit, attached	12.6%	1.6%
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%	19.9%

Poverty & households

	Montara	Moss Beach
Poverty rate	3.6%	5.5%
Average household size	2.71	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1975	1971