Amesti vs La Selva Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Amesti and La Selva Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

Amesti and La Selva Beach 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 2,519 in La Selva Beach). La Selva Beach has the higher median household income ($159,094 vs $102,083 in Amesti). La Selva Beach has the higher median home value ($1,195,100 vs $825,100 in Amesti).

Population, income & housing

	Amesti	La Selva Beach
Population	2,905	2,519
Median age	38.7 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$102,083	$159,094
Median home value	$825,100	$1,195,100
Median gross rent	$1,889	$3,501
Housing units	880	1,254
Homeownership rate	82.0%	66.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	58.8%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amesti	La Selva Beach
Population	3,163 → 2,905 (-8.2%)	2,679 → 2,519 (-6.0%)
Median household income	$81,429 → $102,083 (+25.4%)	$102,639 → $159,094 (+55.0%)
Median home value	$560,700 → $825,100 (+47.2%)	$962,800 → $1,195,100 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,922 → $1,889 (-1.7%)	$2,309 → $3,501 (+51.6%)

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

La Selva Beach

Population

2,6792,519

Median household income

$102,639$159,094

Median home value

$962,800$1,195,100

Median gross rent

$2,309$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amesti	La Selva Beach
Under 5	3.6%	1.2%
5 to 17	18.7%	13.7%
18 to 24	15.1%	9.3%
25 to 34	8.6%	7.0%
35 to 44	12.9%	19.2%
45 to 54	8.6%	9.4%
55 to 64	12.3%	14.4%
65 to 74	11.0%	14.4%
75 and over	9.2%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amesti	La Selva Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	40.8%	83.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.4%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	54.7%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amesti	La Selva Beach
No high school diploma	19.7%	1.9%
High school graduate	34.0%	10.5%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	30.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	28.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amesti	La Selva Beach
Drove alone	75.8%	77.4%
Carpooled	8.4%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.7%	10.5%
Other means	1.1%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amesti	La Selva Beach
1-unit, detached	64.0%	82.2%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	10.7%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Amesti	La Selva Beach
Poverty rate	14.1%	7.3%
Average household size	3.27	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	35	32
Median year structure built	1971	1980