Pine CanyonCA
A town of 2,477.
Is Pine Canyon a good place to live?
Pine Canyon’s best subject grade is a B for health; its weakest is a D− for hazard risk. On hazard risk, just 53 of California’s 1,064 towns do worse. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 86% of U.S. towns. Only 95 of California’s 1,058 towns score higher on cost of living. On history, just 90 of California’s 1,063 towns do worse. Pine Canyon has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
100% of working residents leave Pine Canyon for work
Where Pine Canyon’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Pine Canyon grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Pine Canyon is from typical.
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Moving to Pine Canyon: who provides what
Pine Canyon is unincorporated, so Monterey County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Pine Canyon.
Very high risk in Pine Canyon, with drought at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 99% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Pine Canyon stands out in California and nationally: a smaller share of its working residents work locally
0.5% of working residents work locally in Pine Canyon, where California’s towns sit at 6.6% and U.S. towns at 8%. Since 2013, Pine Canyon has added 26 jobs, to 47 in 2023. The average trip to work in Pine Canyon is 31 minutes.
| Pine Canyon | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $111,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.5% | 6.6% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.3% | 10% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mild winters and pleasant summers in Pine Canyon
Pine Canyon has mild winters and warm summers, with very little rain. At 85°F, Pine Canyon’s July high is below the California town median (89°F) and near the median of U.S. towns (85°F).
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Pine Canyon ranks healthier than 61% of the country’s towns
Pine Canyon beats the California average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 15% of Pine Canyon adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance.
| Pine Canyon | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 9% | 8.1% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 71% | 72% | 79% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 22% | 23% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 16% |
| What stands out | Pine Canyon | CA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 14.9% | 10.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Pine Canyon has set aside 0.3% of its land for conservation
2.4 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.
| Pine Canyon | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.3% | 4.3% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.7 miles per square mile | 1.0 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Royal Estates Park | — | 10 |
| 2. Pine Canyon Mobile Estates Rec Area | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A home in Pine Canyon sells for about $593K at the median
85% of households own their home in Pine Canyon.
| Pine Canyon | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 85% | 64% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,783 a month | $1,896 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Hearst Castle and 8 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Pine Canyon. Close and well known come first.
Big draw34 mi State parkHearst Castle
16 mi National ParkPinnacles National Park343K visitors a year
16 mi LandmarkFort Hunter Liggett
30 mi WaterfallMcWay Falls
39 mi MuseumMission San Miguel Arcángel
20 mi MuseumMission Nuestra Señora de la SoledadPhoto credits
Hearst Castle: No machine-readable author provided. Urban~commonswiki assumed (based on copyrig, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pinnacles National Park: Brocken Inaglory, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Hunter Liggett: Binksternet, Public domain · McWay Falls: King of Hearts, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mission San Miguel Arcángel: Jsweida, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mission Nuestra Señora de la Soledad: The original uploader was Lordkinbote at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0
Everything we know about Pine Canyon
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Pine Canyon; the nearest are
About 11 of every 100 Pine Canyon residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
About Pine Canyon
Census-designated place in California, United States
Pine Canyon is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Monterey County, California, just south of King City. Pine Canyon sits at an elevation of 515 feet (157 m). As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,871.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 3.3 sq mi
- Elevation
- 515 ft
- Area code
- 831
Questions about Pine Canyon
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Pine Canyon, CA expensive?
The typical home is worth about $414,000, 46% below the California typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.