City of Monterey 1998-99 Adopted Budget DEMOGRAPHIC & STATISTICAL SUMMARY

  LOCATION  

Central Coast of California, 110 miles south of San Francisco and 335 miles north of Los Angeles, on southern end of Monterey Bay. 

 


 

FOUNDED  INCORPORATED  FORM OF GOVERNMENT

 

1770 1850  Council-Manager

       


 

POPULATION PHYSICAL SIZE ASSESSED   
PROPERTY VALUE 

 

33,775 8.62 square miles $2,269,143,946 

  


 

VOTER PARTICIPATION - LAST ELECTION (November, 1998)

                                         

Registered voters 14,310

Ballots cast 8,346

Voter turn-out  58.3%

 

PUBLIC SAFETY  

1997-98

1998-99

Fire sworn personnel

49

49

Number of fire stations

  3

  3

Police sworn personnel

61

61

      

PUBLIC UTILITIES  

Gas & electric service
provided by:		 Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
Telephone service provided by: Pacific Bell Telephone Co.
Water service provided by: California-American Water Co.

    

STREETS AND SEWER MAINTENANCE  

Estimated miles of paved streets:

106

Intersections with traffic signals:

  53

Miles of sewer lines maintained:

249

 

           SERVICES PROVIDED BY OTHER AGENCIES  

Public elementary and 
secondary schools:		 Monterey Peninsula Unified School Dist.
Monterey Peninsula College: Monterey Peninsula Community College Dist.
Property tax collection & administration: County of Monterey
Solid waste collection and disposal:  Monterey Disposal Service (franchise)
Wastewater services: Monterey Reg. Water Pollution Control Agency

    

  DEMOGRAPHIC DATA  

Population  (1) Labor Force (2) Unemployment Rate  (3)

1997

33,001

17,400

3.7%

1996

32,182

17,070

4.2%

1995

32,587

15,390

4.6%

1994

32,900

15,760

4.4%

1993

32,122

15,570

4.8%

1992

32,314

15,590

4.6%

1991

32,308

15,280

4.1%

1990

32,247

15,650

3.4%

1989

31,529

14,920

2.9%

 
 

Median Household Income (3):

  $34,727

Median Price Single-Family Home, 1998  (5):

$327,000

Median Age (4):

31.6 years

 
Sources:

(1) State Department of Finance estimates
(2) State of Calif. Employment Development Dept. estimates
(3) Stephen A. Nukes & Associates, 1996
(4) California Cities, Towns & Counties, from 1996 Census
(5) Monterey County Association of Realtors
 

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