About Carmel Valley Village

Carmel Valley Village is a very small town located in the state of California. With a population of 4,706 people and just one neighborhood, Carmel Valley Village is the 532nd largest community in California.

Carmel Valley Village is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 86.48% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Carmel Valley Village is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Carmel Valley Village who work in management occupations (19.06%), office and administrative support jobs (11.44%), and sales jobs (10.55%).

Of important note, Carmel Valley Village is also a town of artists. Carmel Valley Village has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Carmel Valley Village's character.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their homes - 8.82% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

In addition, Carmel Valley Village is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Carmel Valley Village is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Carmel Valley Village Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Carmel Valley Village is a pretty powerful place. 47.03% of the adults in Carmel Valley Village have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Carmel Valley Village in 2000 was $42,991, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $171,964 for a family of four.

The people who call Carmel Valley Village home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Carmel Valley Village is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Carmel Valley Village include English, German, Irish, Italian, Swedish, Scottish, and Norwegian.

The most common language spoken in Carmel Valley Village is English. Some people also speak Spanish.