Monterey County, California Zip Codes

Monterey County has 36 ZIP codes in this directory: 31 standard delivery ZIPs and 5 PO Box or unique ZIPs that carry no resident population in Census data. The 27 ZIPs with published Census housing data cover 431,745 residents, the largest being 93906 (Salinas) with 66,883 people.

The median ZIP in Monterey County has a household income of $84,669 and a home value of $621,200, a price-to-income ratio of 6.8, in line with the 6.7 California ZIP median. Affordability ranges from 93932 in Lockwood at a ratio of 4.9 to 93921 in Carmel, where the median home is $1,966,500. The highest median income is in 95004 (Aromas) at $173,333. Median rent across these ZIPs is $1,698 a month.

54% of households in the typical Monterey County ZIP own their home (statewide ZIP median 64%). 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 31% statewide median. The median poverty rate is 11.5%, above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Overall density is about 150 residents per square mile across 2,876 square miles of ZIP land area.