Cost of living in Monterey County
Simple answer
A 2-bedroom fair-market rent is $2,416 a month.
That HUD number covers Monterey County, California, from October 2026 through September 2027. Towns in the county can still have different rents on the ground.
- Studio
- $1,956
- 1 bed
- $2,009
- 2 bed
- $2,416
- 3 bed
- $3,261
- 4 bed
- $3,551
This county is in the Salinas, CA area. BEA's 2024 price index there is 109.0 (U.S. = 100).
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Towns in this county
- Salinas · 161,761 people
- Seaside · 31,814 people
- Monterey · 29,613 people
- Soledad · 26,365 people
- Marina · 22,563 people
- Greenfield · 20,232 people
- Prunedale · 19,723 people
- Pacific Grove · 14,951 people
- King City · 13,604 people
- Gonzales · 8,492 people
- Castroville · 6,720 people
- Carmel Valley Village · 4,785 people
- Del Monte Forest · 3,613 people
- Las Lomas · 3,355 people
- Aromas · 3,245 people
- Carmel-by-the-Sea · 3,162 people
- Pajaro · 2,899 people
- Pine Canyon · 2,477 people
- Elkhorn · 1,664 people
- Del Rey Oaks · 1,570 people
- Boronda · 1,351 people