How the Salinas, CA metro's ZIP codes measure up on health
The ZipVitals Score across the Salinas, CA metro area — built one ZIP code at a time, then rolled up by resident population.
Data release 202628 of 29 ZIP codes scored · 0.43M residents represented
Score snapshot
People & national context
The Salinas, CA metro's ZIP codes, ranked
Highest-scoring
Top 28 of 28- 44293953in Pebble Beach · 3,613 residents70.85
- 59393921in Carmel By The Sea · 2,322 residents70.00
- 72693923in Carmel · 12,565 residents69.22
- 1,18993924in Carmel Valley · 6,316 residents67.31
- 1,22093950in Pacific Grove · 14,951 residents67.21
- 1,81693908in Marina · 12,450 residents65.48
- 2,58493940in Monterey · 30,605 residents63.78
- 5,66893933in Marina · 28,122 residents58.91
- 6,34495004in Aromas · 4,363 residents58.06
- 6,63193920in Big Sur · 1,464 residents57.72
- 8,19893901in Salinas · 29,724 residents56.07
- 9,71293451in San Miguel · 5,207 residents54.79
- 9,89593450in San Ardo · 668 residents54.65
- 9,94693932in Lockwood · 482 residents54.61
- 11,00593928in Jolon · 1,175 residents53.77
- 11,92193906in Salinas · 64,199 residents53.11
- 12,12893955in Seaside · 32,266 residents52.97
- 13,87993907in Salinas · 25,146 residents51.66
- 19,63795012in Castroville · 10,814 residents47.43
- 20,86293962in Spreckels · 174 residents46.41
- 22,47993925in Chualar · 1,241 residents44.94
- 23,61493926in Gonzales · 8,724 residents43.80
- 24,11093927in Greenfield · 21,574 residents43.30
- 24,46593954in San Lucas · 191 residents42.90
- 24,76193960in Soledad · 27,471 residents42.56
- 25,87493905in Salinas · 63,898 residents41.21
- 26,04793930in King City · 17,243 residents40.98
- 26,77195039in Moss Landing · 948 residents39.98
Lowest-scoring
Bottom 28 of 28- 26,77195039in Moss Landing · 948 residents39.98
- 26,04793930in King City · 17,243 residents40.98
- 25,87493905in Salinas · 63,898 residents41.21
- 24,76193960in Soledad · 27,471 residents42.56
- 24,46593954in San Lucas · 191 residents42.90
- 24,11093927in Greenfield · 21,574 residents43.30
- 23,61493926in Gonzales · 8,724 residents43.80
- 22,47993925in Chualar · 1,241 residents44.94
- 20,86293962in Spreckels · 174 residents46.41
- 19,63795012in Castroville · 10,814 residents47.43
- 13,87993907in Salinas · 25,146 residents51.66
- 12,12893955in Seaside · 32,266 residents52.97
- 11,92193906in Salinas · 64,199 residents53.11
- 11,00593928in Jolon · 1,175 residents53.77
- 9,94693932in Lockwood · 482 residents54.61
- 9,89593450in San Ardo · 668 residents54.65
- 9,71293451in San Miguel · 5,207 residents54.79
- 8,19893901in Salinas · 29,724 residents56.07
- 6,63193920in Big Sur · 1,464 residents57.72
- 6,34495004in Aromas · 4,363 residents58.06
- 5,66893933in Marina · 28,122 residents58.91
- 2,58493940in Monterey · 30,605 residents63.78
- 1,81693908in Marina · 12,450 residents65.48
- 1,22093950in Pacific Grove · 14,951 residents67.21
- 1,18993924in Carmel Valley · 6,316 residents67.31
- 72693923in Carmel · 12,565 residents69.22
- 59393921in Carmel By The Sea · 2,322 residents70.00
- 44293953in Pebble Beach · 3,613 residents70.85
Where each domain sits inside this metro
The Score above is one number for the whole Salinas, CA metro. Nine domains make it up, and they are not spread the same way across the people who live here. Each row divides this metro's ZIP codes into fifths by how they stand against each other on that domain, then counts who lives at each end. If a domain were spread evenly across the metro's residents, every row would read about 20%.
The highest-standing fifth
6 of 28 ZIPsShare of the metro's residents living in the fifth of its ZIP codes that stand highest on each domain.
3 ZIP codes tie at this end: 93901 Salinas93906 Salinas93930 King City
Standing highest: 93906 Salinas93960 Soledad95012 Castroville
Standing highest: 93921 Carmel By The Sea93923 Carmel93924 Carmel Valley
Standing highest: 93924 Carmel Valley93950 Pacific Grove93953 Pebble Beach
Standing highest: 93923 Carmel93950 Pacific Grove93962 Spreckels
Standing highest: 93921 Carmel By The Sea93923 Carmel93953 Pebble Beach
Standing highest: 93921 Carmel By The Sea93923 Carmel93953 Pebble Beach
Standing highest: 93921 Carmel By The Sea93923 Carmel93953 Pebble Beach
Standing highest: 93921 Carmel By The Sea93950 Pacific Grove93953 Pebble Beach
Each fifth is about 6 of this metro’s 28 compared ZIP codes, and the shares are out of 427,916 residents. A ZIP code is compared here only if it carries a resident count to weight it by and enough measured data on that domain — the rest are left out of that domain’s fifths rather than filled in from a coarser geography, which is why this count can sit just below the metro’s scored total.
The mark shows 20% — where a row would sit if that domain were spread evenly across the metro's residents.
Each ZIP code is compared with the other ZIP codes in this metro that are measured across all nine scoring domains — not with all US ZIP codes. Percentages are rounded; higher is healthier in every domain.
Why this matters
The ZipVitals Score combines nine domains of health — from chronic disease and preventive care to environmental hazard, social need, and healthcare access — into one 0–100 index for each ZIP code, computed the same way everywhere from public federal and academic data. The Salinas, CA figures on this page are population-weighted rollups of those per-ZIP scores, so they describe the metro's residents rather than a coarser geography relabeled as the metro.
A high score describes favorable documented conditions; it is not a claim about individual residents, and it does not capture everything that shapes a community's health. Where a ZIP code scores low, that pattern reflects structural conditions — investment, environment, and access — far more than the choices of the people who live there.