Profile for Pacific Grove, California, CA

Pacific Grove is on Monterey Bay

To celebrate the return of the monarch butterflies each October, townspeople have an annual parade

Crime: The number of violent crimes recorded by the FBI in 2003 was 23. The number of murders and homicides was 0. The violent crime rate was 1.5 per 1,000 people.

Filming location for:
· 1959 movie, "A Summer Place"

Nearby parks & recreation: Pacific Grove Monarch Sanctuary, Asilomar State Beach and Conference Grounds

Historic sites and museums: Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History, Point Pinos Lighthouse

Support for libraries: Local government funding for the local library system, in fiscal years 2001-2002, was above the national average. (See library links below.)

Gays & lesbians
National index: 100
Local index: 143

Quotes:
Pacific Grove and Monterey sit side by side on a hill bordering the bay. The two towns touch shoulders but they are not alike. Whereas Monterey was founded a long time ago by foreigners, Indians and Spaniards and such, and the town grew up higgledy-piggledy without plan or purpose, Pacific Grove sprang full blown from the iron heart of a psycho-ideo-legal religion. It was formed as a retreat in the 1880s and came fully equipped with laws, ideals, and customs.
-- Sweet Thursday
John Steinbeck

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Museums (7)

Parks (7)

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14% of Pacific Grove residents report German ancestry, and 12% report Irish. For more info on local ancestry groups, see the Pacific Grove ancestry & family history guide.

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• Monterey County Ancestry forum
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• Ancestry.com - CA data
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At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Pacific Grove was $31,277, compared with $21,587 nationally.

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44% of Pacific Grove residents age 25 and older have a bachelor's or advanced college degree.

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Median rent in Pacific Grove, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $893.   Monthly homeowner costs, for people with mortgages, were $1,673.

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Libraries in Pacific Grove include Pacific Grove Public Library ... View libraries

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National Public Radio programming is carried locally by KAZU.

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Monterey County supported John Kerry in the 2004 presidential election. For more information, see our Pacific Grove political report.

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Pacific Grove restaurants taking online reservations include Fandango ... View restaurants

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The average commute time for Pacific Grove workers is 19 minutes, compared with 26 minutes nationwide.

A total of 1 fatal motor vehicle accidents occurred in Pacific Grove between 2001 and 2003, according to reports gathered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

This is a rate of .6 fatal crashes per 10,000 population, which was lower than the national norm.

Hotels in Pacific Grove include Asilomar Conference Center, Best Western Monarch Resort, Butterfly Grove Inn, Centrella Inn, Clarion Collection Pacific Grove, Deer Haven Inn, Gosby House Inn, Howard Johnson Express Inn Pacific Grove, Lighthouse Lodge & Suites, Lovers Point Inn ... More hotels.

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