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

The Rancho Los Laureles, a 6,625-acre (26.81 km2) Mexican land grant in present-day Monterey County, was given in 1839 by Governor Juan Bautista Alvarado to José Manuel Boronda and Vicente Blas Martínez.

In 1882, the Pacific Improvement Company (PIC) purchased the Rancho Los Laureles.

[10][1][11] Carmel Valley Village is in northern Monterey County, 13 miles (21 km) east-southeast of Carmel-by-the-Sea and 16 miles (26 km) southeast of Monterey.

[12] The CDP has a total area of 19.2 square miles (50 km2), 98.98% of it land and 1.02% of it water.

[5] The Carmel River flows northwest through the community, reaching the Pacific Ocean at the city of Carmel-by-the-Sea.

The locale of Carmel Valley is the northernmost range of the hybrid oak Quercus x alvordiana.

[13] The Garland Ranch Regional Park is located at 700 West Carmel Valley Road.

The region experiences warm dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F (22.0 °C), with heat waves in the upper 70s to 101 degrees F. the further inland you go.

The racial makeup of Carmel Valley Village was 4,044 (91.8%) White, 21 (0.5%) African American, 22 (0.5%) Native American, 70 (1.6%) Asian, 11 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 120 (2.7%) from other races, and 119 (2.7%) from two or more races.

[33] In the California State Assembly, Carmel Valley Village is in the 17th Senate District, represented by Democrat John Laird, and in the 30th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Dawn Addis.