Carmel Valley Village, California

The Rancho Los Laureles, a {{convert|6625|acre|km2|adj=on}} Mexican land grant in present-day Monterey County, was given in 1839 by Governor Juan Bautista Alvarado to José Manuel Boronda and Vicente Blas Martínez.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/reportsoflandcas01hoff| author=Hoffman, Ogden|date=1862|title=Reports of Land Cases Determined in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California |publisher=Numa Hubert |location=San Francisco|oclc=1052543150}} The grant extended along the Carmel River and the Carmel Valley, and encompassed present-day Carmel Valley Village. In 1882, the Pacific Improvement Company (PIC) purchased the Rancho Los Laureles.{{cite book |last= Fink |first= Agusta |date= 1972 |title=Monterey County The Dramatic Story of Its Past Monterey Bay, Big Sur, Carmel, Salinas Valley |url=https://archive.org/details/montereycountydr0000fink|location= San Francisco, California|publisher=Western Tanager Press/Valley Publishers |isbn= 978-0-913548-62-2 |oclc= 272531979 }}{{cite web |url=https://carmelvalleyhistoricalsociety.org/product/a-history-of-the-carmel-valley-vintage-airfield/ |title=Carmel Valley Vintage Airfield 1941-2002 |last=Allaire |first= Lou |date=2014 |website= Carmel Valley Historical Society |publisher= |access-date=2020-04-22 }}{{cite book |url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24504537|title= Monterey County place names : a geographical dictionary|work=Kestrel Press|date=1991|oclc= 24504537|place= Carmel Valley, Calif.|access-date=2021-01-23}}

Carmel Valley Village is in northern Monterey County, {{convert|13|mi}} east-southeast of Carmel-by-the-Sea and {{convert|16|mi}} southeast of Monterey. The Carmel Valley Village CDP comprises the main community of Carmel Valley on the northeast side of the Carmel River, as well as the community of Robles del Rio on the southwest side of the river.[https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/tract/st06_ca/c06053_monterey/DC10CT_C06053_003.pdf US Census Bureau Map of Carmel Valley Village] The CDP has a total area of {{convert|19.2|sqmi|km2}}, 98.98% of it land and 1.02% of it water.

The Carmel River flows northwest through the community, reaching the Pacific Ocean at the city of Carmel-by-the-Sea. Primary ecosystems of the vicinity include California oak woodland, riparian woodland, chaparral, grassland and savanna. Dominant oak trees include Quercus agrifolia. The locale of Carmel Valley is the northernmost range of the hybrid oak Quercus x alvordiana.C. Michael Hogan. 2008. [http://globaltwitcher.auderis.se/artspec_information.asp?thingid=85046 Blue Oak: Quercus douglasii, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120228073950/http://globaltwitcher.auderis.se/artspec_information.asp?thingid=85046 |date=2012-02-28 }}

The Garland Ranch Regional Park is located at 700 West Carmel Valley Road. The Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District (MPRPD) manages the Garland Ranch Regional Park.

The region experiences warm dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above {{convert|71.6|F|C}}, with heat waves in the upper 70s to 101 degrees F. the further inland you go. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Carmel Valley Village has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.{{cite web|url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=137740&cityname=Carmel+Valley%2C+California%2C+United+States+of+America&units=|title=Carmel Valley, California Köppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase)|work=Weatherbase|access-date=15 October 2015}}

{{US Census population

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1850–1870{{Cite web|title= 1870 Census of Population - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties - California - Almeda County to Sutter County |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-12.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}{{Cite web|title= 1870 Census of Population - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties - California - Tehama County to Yuba County |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-13.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}} 1880-1890{{Cite web|title= 1890 Census of Population - Population of California by Minor Civil Divisions |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1890/bulletins/demographics/134-population-of-ca.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}
1900{{Cite web|title= 1900 Census of Population - Population of California by Counties and Minor Civil Divisions |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1900/bulletins/demographic/10-population-ca.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}} 1910{{Cite web|title= 1910 Census of Population - Supplement for California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ca.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}} 1920{{Cite web|title= 1920 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1920/bulletins/demographics/population-ca-number-of-inhabitants.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}
1930{{Cite web|title= 1930 Census of Population - Number and Distribution of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1930/population-volume-1/03815512v1ch03.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}} 1940{{Cite web|title= 1940 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch03.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}} 1950{{Cite web|title= 1950 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-1/vol-01-08.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}
1960{{Cite web|title= 1960 Census of Population - General population Characteristics - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/vol-01-06-d.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}} 1970{{Cite web|title= 1970 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1970a_ca1-01.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}} 1980{{Cite web|title= 1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_caAB-01.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}
1990{{Cite web|title= 1990 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/cen1990/cph2/cph-2-6.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}

2000{{Cite web|title= 2000 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-6.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}} 2010{{Cite web|title= 2010 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2010/cph-2/cph-2-6.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}

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At the 2010 census Carmel Valley Village had a population of 4,407. The population density was {{convert|229.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of Carmel Valley Village was 4,044 (91.8%) White, 21 (0.5%) African American, 22 (0.5%) Native American, 70 (1.6%) Asian, 11 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 120 (2.7%) from other races, and 119 (2.7%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 328 people (7.4%).{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0611324|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715023926/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0611324|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2014|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA - Carmel Valley Village CDP|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2014}}

The census reported that 4,403 people (99.9% of the population) lived in households, 4 (0.1%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and no one was institutionalized.

There were 1,895 households, 447 (23.6%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 988 (52.1%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 162 (8.5%) had a female householder with no husband present, 72 (3.8%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 104 (5.5%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 18 (0.9%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 506 households (26.7%) were one person and 214 (11.3%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.32. There were 1,222 families (64.5% of households); the average family size was 2.77.

The age distribution was 763 people (17.3%) under the age of 18, 220 people (5.0%) aged 18 to 24, 726 people (16.5%) aged 25 to 44, 1,788 people (40.6%) aged 45 to 64, and 910 people (20.6%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 51.7 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.1 males.

There were 2,156 housing units at an average density of 112.4 per square mile, of the occupied units 1,326 (70.0%) were owner-occupied and 569 (30.0%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.4%; the rental vacancy rate was 5.6%. 3,214 people (72.9% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 1,189 people (27.0%) lived in rental housing units.

At the 2000 census there were 4,700 people, 1,963 households, and 1,279 families in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|246.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 2,105 housing units at an average density of {{convert|110.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 97.15% White, 0.38% African American, 0.38% Native American, 1.13% Asian, 0.11% Pacific Islander, 2.72% from other races, and 2.06% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.81%.{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}

Of the 1,963 households 26.6% had children under the age of 18, 54.0% were married couples living together, 7.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.8% were non-families. 26.0% of households were one person and 9.7% had someone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.86.

The age distribution was 20.6% under the age of 18, 4.7% from 18 to 24, 22.5% from 25 to 44, 36.2% from 45 to 64, and 16.0% 65 or older. The median age was 46 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.2 males.

The median household income was $70,799 and the median family income was $85,191. Males had a median income of $56,083 versus $37,406 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $42,991. About 3.1% of families and 3.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.2% of those under age 18 and 5.1% of those age 65 or over.

At the county level, Carmel Valley Village is represented on the Monterey County Board of Supervisors by Supervisor Mary Adams.{{cite web|title=Supervisorial District 5 - Peninsula Region |url=https://montereycountyelections.us/files/Website_content/Maps/Current/Major_Districts/Supervisorial/5/Supervisorial_District_5_Peninsula_v2022-01-10.pdf |publisher=County of Monterey |access-date=May 18, 2024}}

In the California State Assembly, Carmel Valley Village is in {{Representative|casd|17|fmt=sdistrict}}, and in {{Representative|caad|30|fmt=adistrict}}.{{Cite web

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In the United States House of Representatives, Carmel Valley Village is in {{Representative|cacd|19|fmt=district}}.{{Cite GovTrack|CA|19}}

Most of Carmel Valley Village is in the Carmel Unified School District. A small section is instead in Washington Union Elementary School District and Salinas Union High School District.{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st06_ca/schooldistrict_maps/c06053_monterey/DC20SD_C06053.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Monterey County, CA|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=2023-07-24}}

The majority part, in Carmel USD, is zoned to Carmel High School.

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