Del Rey Oaks (Del Rey, Spanish for "Of the King") is a city in Monterey County, California, United States. It is located just southeast of Seaside, at an elevation of .
History
Prior to incorporation (on September 3, 1953) the town was called Del Rey Woods. The Del Rey Oaks post office opened in 1968.
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Racial and ethnic composition
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|+Del Rey Oaks, California – Racial and ethnic composition<br><small></small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(NH = Non-Hispanic)</small>
!Pop 2000
!Pop 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |Pop 2020
!% 2000
!% 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |% 2020
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|White alone (NH)
|1,367
|1,237
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,084
|82.85%
|76.17%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |68.09%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|26
|13
|style='background: #ffffe6; |26
|1.58%
|0.80%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.63%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|10
|7
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7
|0.61%
|0.43%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.44%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|83
|126
|style='background: #ffffe6; |125
|5.03%
|7.76%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7.85%
|-
|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|0
|4
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5
|0.00%
|0.25%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.31%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|13
|3
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2
|0.79%
|0.18%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.13%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|42
|65
|style='background: #ffffe6; |99
|2.55%
|4.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |6.22%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|109
|169
|style='background: #ffffe6; |244
|6.61%
|10.41%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |15.33%
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|Total
|1,650
|1,624
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,592
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
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2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Del Rey Oaks had a population of 1,592. The population density was . The racial makeup of Del Rey Oaks was 1,141 (71.7%) White, 29 (1.8%) African American, 14 (0.9%) Native American, 128 (8.0%) Asian, 6 (0.4%) Pacific Islander, 62 (3.9%) from other races, and 212 (13.3%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 244 persons (15.3%).
The age distribution was 218 people (13.7%) under the age of 18, 88 people (5.5%) aged 18 to 24, 390 people (24.5%) aged 25 to 44, 479 people (30.1%) aged 45 to 64, and 417 people (26.2%) who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 49.3years. For every 100 females, there were 93.2 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.4 males age 18 and over.
99.2% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.8% lived in rural areas.
The whole population lived in households. There were 699 households, out of which 170 (24.3%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 339 (48.5%) were married-couple households, 35 (5.0%) were cohabiting couple households, 210 (30.0%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 115 (16.5%) had a male householder with no partner present. 185 households (26.5%) were one person, and 98 (14.0%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.28.
There were 739 housing units at an average density of , of which 699 (94.6%) were occupied. Of these, 500 (71.5%) were owner-occupied, and 199 (28.5%) were occupied by renters. Of all housing units, 5.4% were vacant; the homeowner vacancy rate was 0.6%, and the rental vacancy rate was 2.9%.
Parks
Del Rey Oaks houses the Frog Pond Wetland Preserve, a wetland area popular with birders.
Media
Television service for the community comes from the Monterey-Salinas-Santa Cruz designated market area (DMA). Radio stations Monterey-Salinas-Santa Cruz area of dominant influence (ADI) or continuous measurement market (CMM). Locale newspapers include the Monterey County Herald.
See also
- Media in Monterey County
- Coastal California
- List of school districts in Monterey County, California