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Carmel By The Sea, CA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Carmel By The Sea, CA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 3,281. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA-CA · Carmel By The Sea, CA 1 ZIPs · 3,281 pop · #4963/25278 · Monterey County

INC-HIGH · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-LOW · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-TOP

  • INC-HIGH $96,923
  • RANK-TOP #4963/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Soledad
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-LOW 53% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 3,281
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-TOP $2,000,001

Nearest income peer: Soledad, CA ( $874 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Carmel By The Sea

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Carmel By The Sea on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Carmel By The Sea, CA sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 20%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
3,281
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$96,923
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $96,923 and home value $2,000,000+ should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 71.5%.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (53.0%) for this income tier, rent $2,753 may matter more than the home-value average.

Within California, Mount Hermon is the closest lower-income city and Vista the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 3 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Carmel By The Sea.

Population concentration

Carmel By The Sea reads through its lone ZIP, 93921

3,281 ACS residents, one ZIP: 93921 is not the leading code inside Carmel By The Sea, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Carmel By The Sea's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 304 establishments, 2,871 employees , annual payroll $144,196k (~93 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 93921 (304 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (103) · also Accommodation and food services · Professional, scientific, and technical services .

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ZIP Codes in Carmel By The Sea, CA

These ZIP codes sit in Monterey County, which covers 29 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Carmel By The Sea. See the Monterey County roll-up →

Carmel By The Sea lands mid-pack among the 12 cities sharing Monterey County: Salinas, Monterey and Marina earn more and Seaside, Greenfield and King City earn less. Carmel Valley marks the far end of that range at $148,563, 53% above Carmel By The Sea.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
93921 3,281 $96,923 304 1,409
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Carmel By The Sea roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Carmel By The Sea, .