Del Monte Forest’s household incomes are higher than in 94% of U.S. towns
Jobs & income B+: better than 72% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #270 of 847 in California.
Walkability A: more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns · #328 of 847 in California.
Working residents average 24 minutes each way (California 29, U.S. 26). About one in ten work in Del Monte Forest; the top destination outside it is Monterey (17%, 3 miles).
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 0.0 transit trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 0.0 in Salinas (EPA, 2020 schedules).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Del Monte Forest, in brief
Nearly all the work in Del Monte Forest is services
98% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 1% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
Del Monte Forest is where the jobs are
Del Monte Forest has 2,555 jobs, 2.3 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 5,100 people are in town, 40% more than the 3,600 who live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Del Monte Forest
31% of Del Monte Forest workers work from home, against 17% across California. Time on the road ↓
A lot of Del Monte Forest works one town over
27% of working residents work in a town that borders Del Monte Forest: Monterey (17%), Pacific Grove (6%) and Carmel-by-the-Sea (4%). Next door ↓
Most jobs in Del Monte Forest pay over $40,000 a year
75% of the jobs based in Del Monte Forest pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What’s behind Del Monte Forest’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Del Monte Forest is better than 72% of U.S. towns, #270 of 847 in California. Household income holds Del Monte Forest’s grade up ($142,763, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.2%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Del Monte Forest could be anywhere from B− to A.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
2,555 jobs are based in Del Monte Forest. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Del Monte Forest’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Del Monte Forest, 2013 → 2023: 2,541 → 2,555. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Del Monte Forest fills up on a workday
On a workday 1,004 residents head out to work, 102 work right here, and 2,453 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,100 people are in Del Monte Forest on a workday afternoon, 40% more than live here.
2.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 24 minutes each way, quicker than most of California
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Del Monte Forest workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 822 commuters (the 31% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Where Del Monte Forest’s workers come from
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Del Monte Forest clocks in
17% of workers
6% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Half of Del Monte Forest commutes less than 17 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 38% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Del Monte Forest is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Del Monte Forest is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns, #328 of 847 in California. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 19.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 7.1% across California, on an EPA index of 7.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,188 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 16% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 8.0% of Del Monte Forest households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 5% of Del Monte Forest’s commuters take a bus or train.
Del Monte Forest is 1,208th of 4,474 U.S. towns of 2,500 to 4,900 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Del Monte Forest, the top three, the last and three more from California.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Del Mar CA | 3,858 | $199K | 2.7% | 1.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 44 | Harmony Grove CA | 2,585 | $227K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 76 | Broadmoor CA | 4,586 | $167K | 2.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,206 | West Pottsgrove Township PA | 3,798 | $81K | 8.4% | 3.5% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,207 | Lynn Township PA | 4,296 | $88K | 5.8% | 3.8% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,208 | Del Monte Forest CA | 3,613 | $143K | 6.1% | 5.2% | 9% | B+ |
| 1,209 | Pinehurst TX | 4,266 | $62K | 6.0% | 3.0% | <1% | B+ |
| 1,210 | Homer NY | 3,054 | $72K | 6.2% | 1.1% | 12% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,474 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
27% of Del Monte Forest works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Monterey (17%). Darker towns draw more of Del Monte Forest’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Del Monte Forest workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Del Monte Forest | – | B+ | A | 24 min | $142,763 |
| Pacific Grove | 6% | B | A+ | 22 min | $106,065 |
| Monterey | 17% | B | A+ | 19 min | $102,846 |
| Carmel-by-the-Sea | 4% | A− | A+ | 11 min | $129,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Del Monte Forest: questions
What is the median household income in Del Monte Forest?
$142,763 (±$27,441) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Del Monte Forest?
6.1%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Del Monte Forest?
24 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 31% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Del Monte Forest work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Monterey (17%, 3 mi), Pacific Grove (6%, 3 mi), Salinas (5%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Del Monte Forest walkable?
Del Monte Forest is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 19% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Del Monte Forest without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Del Monte Forest, from the people who make the trip.
More of Del Monte Forest
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.