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Las Lomas is a small town of 3,355 people in Monterey County, California. It's about 13 miles from Salinas, CA and 30 miles from San Jose, CA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 73°F and winter highs 62°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $687k and rent runs about $2k a month.
3,355people
$687kTypical home
$2,012/moRent
73° / 62°Summer / winter
0"Snow
320Sunny days
66Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 3,355
- Part of a metro area
- About 3,235 people per sq mi
- 30 mi to San Jose, CA
- 13 mi to Salinas, CA
- 4 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $687k (≈$4,334/mo)
- Median rent $2,012/mo
- Median household income $87k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 9.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 73°F
- Winter highs around 62°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 51°F)
- 320 sunny days a year (173 totally clear)
- 45 cloudy days a year
- 23 of 90 winter days are gray
- 66 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 1 day a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- About average violent crime (417 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,101 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 24
- 70% of households have kids
- 9% are 65 or older
- 5% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 10% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 26 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 20 mi to MRY airport
- 36 mi to SJC (major hub)
- 50 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 88% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1985
- 98% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 92 ft
- 5 mi to the ocean
- 113 mi to a big lake
- 11 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 126 mi to the nearest ski area
- 5 mi to the nearest campground
- 45 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 724 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 59 bars within 25 mi
- 301 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 6 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 53 museums within 25 mi
- 11 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 3 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 19% of California districts (reading)
- 3 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 5 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 16 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 6 mi to the nearest vet
- 5 mi to the nearest dog park
- 2 congregations per 10k people
- 15 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Monterey County: D+30 in 2024
- California: D+20 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- High drought risk
- Very low winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.