Fruitdale vs Monte Sereno

A side-by-side comparison of Fruitdale and Monte Sereno: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Monte Sereno has the higher population (3,459 vs 1,203 in Fruitdale). Monte Sereno has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $128,750 in Fruitdale). Monte Sereno has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,544,400 in Fruitdale).

Population, income & housing

	Fruitdale	Monte Sereno
Population	1,203	3,459
Median age	30.9 yrs	55.1 yrs
Median household income	$128,750	$250,001
Median home value	$1,544,400	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$3,122	$2,947
Housing units	497	1,439
Homeownership rate	67.8%	95.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.9%	87.1%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fruitdale	Monte Sereno
Population	961 → 1,203 (+25.2%)	3,479 → 3,459 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$96,548 → $128,750 (+33.4%)	$250,001 → $250,001 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$871,900 → $1,544,400 (+77.1%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,550 → $3,122 (+101.4%)	$2,722 → $2,947 (+8.3%)

Fruitdale

Population

9611,203

Median household income

$96,548$128,750

Median home value

$871,900$1,544,400

Median gross rent

$1,550$3,122

Monte Sereno

Population

3,4793,459

Median household income

$250,001$250,001

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,722$2,947

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fruitdale	Monte Sereno
Under 5	5.5%	1.2%
5 to 17	6.2%	16.8%
18 to 24	22.9%	4.3%
25 to 34	19.4%	4.5%
35 to 44	6.2%	6.1%
45 to 54	4.2%	17.0%
55 to 64	21.9%	19.5%
65 to 74	9.5%	14.8%
75 and over	4.2%	15.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fruitdale	Monte Sereno
White (non-Hispanic)	56.2%	64.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	20.7%	22.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.3%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	20.9%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fruitdale	Monte Sereno
No high school diploma	1.4%	0.7%
High school graduate	10.4%	2.6%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	9.5%
Bachelor's degree	27.4%	39.6%
Graduate or professional degree	36.5%	47.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fruitdale	Monte Sereno
Drove alone	45.6%	63.6%
Carpooled	10.1%	6.0%
Public transit	0.8%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	42.4%	28.0%
Other means	1.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fruitdale	Monte Sereno
1-unit, detached	79.7%	98.8%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fruitdale	Monte Sereno
Poverty rate	8.9%	1.8%
Average household size	2.50	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1950	1964