Del Monte Forest (Del Monte, Spanish for "of the mountain") is a census-designated place (CDP) in Monterey County, California, United States. As of the 2020 census, the CDP had a total population of 4,204, The hotel first opened on June 10, 1880. The actual hotel building and surrounding grounds were acquired by the United States Navy after World War II to be the Navy's new location of the Naval Postgraduate School.

Demographics

2020 census

As of the 2020 census, Del Monte Forest had a population of 4,204. The population density was . The median age was 60.0 years. 15.6% of residents were under the age of 18 and 41.6% were 65 years of age or older. The age distribution was 6.1% aged 18 to 24, 10.9% aged 25 to 44, and 25.8% aged 45 to 64. For every 100 females there were 92.4 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 91.0 males age 18 and over.

The census reported that 91.0% of the population lived in households, 7.6% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 1.5% were institutionalized. 97.8% of residents lived in urban areas, while 2.2% lived in rural areas.

There were 1,749 households, of which 15.3% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 60.8% were married-couple households, 3.5% were cohabiting couple households, 11.9% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 23.7% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 23.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.19. There were 1,245 families (71.2% of all households).

There were 2,801 housing units, of which 37.6% were vacant. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.6% and the rental vacancy rate was 12.8%. Of occupied units, 84.0% were owner-occupied and 16.0% were occupied by renters.

Government

At the county level, Del Monte Forest is represented on the Monterey County Board of Supervisors by Supervisor Kate Daniels.

In the California State Legislature, Del Monte Forest is in , and in .

The respective high school of the first district is Carmel High School.

Environmental features

The Monterey Pine forest is habitat to numerous rare and endangered species including Hickman's potentilla and Yadon's piperia, both of which are federally protected species.

See also

  • Cypress forest

References

  • Del Monte Forest Conservancy
  • Del Monte Forest Property Owners