Pine Canyon, California

Pine Canyon is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Monterey County, California, just south of King City. Pine Canyon sits at an elevation of 515 feet (157 m). As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,871.^[3]

Pine Canyon, California
Census-designated place
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Coordinates: 36°10′19″N 121°08′35″W
Country	United States
State	California
County	Monterey
Area [1]
• Total	3.337 sq mi (8.642 km2)
• Land	3.336 sq mi (8.639 km2)
• Water	0.001 sq mi (0.002 km2)  0.03%
Elevation [2]	515 ft (157 m)
Population  (2020)[3]
• Total	1,871
• Density	560.9/sq mi (216.6/km2)
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP Code	93930 (King City)
GNIS feature ID	2583113
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pine Canyon, California

Geography

Pine Canyon is in eastern Monterey County on the southwest side of the Salinas Valley. It is 3 miles (5 km) south of King City and less than 1 mile (1.6 km) south of U.S. Route 101, which leads northwest 45 miles (72 km) to Salinas, the county seat, and southeast 55 miles (89 km) to Paso Robles.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the Pine Canyon CDP covers an area of 3.3 square miles (8.5 km²), of which 0.001 square miles (0.64 acres), or 0.03%, are water.^[1]

Demographics

The 2020 United States census reported that Pine Canyon had a population of 1,871. The population density was 560.9 inhabitants per square mile (216.6/km²). The racial makeup of Pine Canyon was 736 (39.3%) White, 8 (0.4%) African American, 97 (5.2%) Native American, 16 (0.9%) Asian, 2 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 549 (29.3%) from other races, and 463 (24.7%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1,207 persons (64.5%).^[4]

The whole population lived in households. There were 575 households, out of which 196 (34.1%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 332 (57.7%) were married-couple households, 37 (6.4%) were cohabiting couple households, 132 (23.0%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 74 (12.9%) had a male householder with no partner present. 112 households (19.5%) were one person, and 60 (10.4%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 3.25.^[4] There were 436 families (75.8% of all households).^[5]

The age distribution was 468 people (25.0%) under the age of 18, 194 people (10.4%) aged 18 to 24, 438 people (23.4%) aged 25 to 44, 493 people (26.3%) aged 45 to 64, and 278 people (14.9%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37.7 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.3 males.^[4]

There were 589 housing units at an average density of 176.6 units per square mile (68.2 units/km²), of which 575 (97.6%) were occupied. Of these, 440 (76.5%) were owner-occupied, and 135 (23.5%) were occupied by renters.^[4]

Utilities

Pine Canyon is served by the Little Bear Water Company.^[6]