Boronda is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Monterey County, California, United States.

[5] Boronda is located directly west of Salinas and is named after José Eusebio Boronda, a Californio ranchero, and located on the lands of his Rancho Rincón del Sanjón.

Boronda is located in northern Monterey County at 36°41′56″N 121°40′30″W / 36.69889°N 121.67500°W / 36.69889; -121.67500,[4] in the Salinas Valley.

It is bordered to the east by the city of Salinas, the Monterey county seat.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 0.57 square miles (1.5 km2), all of it land.

There were 413 housing units at an average density of 750.3 per square mile (289.7/km2), of which 183 (46.4%) were owner-occupied, and 211 (53.6%) were occupied by renters.

9.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 2.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

During the 2005–2006 school year, Boronda Meadows enrolled 571 students in grades K-6.

It has been renamed "Dual Immersion Academy Salinas" or DIAS- Boronda and for the 2016–17 school year has approximately 100 students enrolled.