Amesti vs Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Amesti and Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

Amesti and Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Amesti has the higher population (2,905 vs 1,999 in Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley). Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley has the higher median household income ($154,591 vs $102,083 in Amesti). Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley has the higher median home value ($980,800 vs $825,100 in Amesti).

Population, income & housing

	Amesti	Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley
Population	2,905	1,999
Median age	38.7 yrs	56.3 yrs
Median household income	$102,083	$154,591
Median home value	$825,100	$980,800
Median gross rent	$1,889	$3,501
Housing units	880	793
Homeownership rate	82.0%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	39.9%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amesti	Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley
Population	3,163 → 2,905 (-8.2%)	2,251 → 1,999 (-11.2%)
Median household income	$81,429 → $102,083 (+25.4%)	$112,778 → $154,591 (+37.1%)
Median home value	$560,700 → $825,100 (+47.2%)	$823,800 → $980,800 (+19.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,922 → $1,889 (-1.7%)	$1,493 → $3,501 (+134.5%)

Amesti

Population

3,1632,905

Median household income

$81,429$102,083

Median home value

$560,700$825,100

Median gross rent

$1,922$1,889

Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley

Population

2,2511,999

Median household income

$112,778$154,591

Median home value

$823,800$980,800

Median gross rent

$1,493$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amesti	Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley
Under 5	3.6%	5.8%
5 to 17	18.7%	8.8%
18 to 24	15.1%	2.5%
25 to 34	8.6%	11.8%
35 to 44	12.9%	10.8%
45 to 54	8.6%	6.8%
55 to 64	12.3%	15.5%
65 to 74	11.0%	25.9%
75 and over	9.2%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amesti	Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	40.8%	68.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	9.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	54.7%	20.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amesti	Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley
No high school diploma	19.7%	23.1%
High school graduate	34.0%	8.0%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	24.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amesti	Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley
Drove alone	75.8%	71.5%
Carpooled	8.4%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	14.7%	22.2%
Other means	1.1%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amesti	Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley
1-unit, detached	64.0%	74.0%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.2%	24.6%

Poverty & households

	Amesti	Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley
Poverty rate	14.1%	5.4%
Average household size	3.27	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	35	27
Median year structure built	1971	1976