The census area includes the separate well-known community of Pebble Beach.

Del Monte Forest is located in northwestern Monterey County at 36°35'11" North, 121°56'51" West.

[3] The community is a habitat for a number of limited range and endangered species.

The resort hotel was built by Charles Crocker, one of California's Big Four railroad barons, through Southern Pacific Railroad's property division, the Pacific Improvement Company (PIC).

[7] The actual hotel building and surrounding grounds were acquired by the United States Navy after World War II to be the Navy's new location of the Naval Postgraduate School.

The 2010 United States Census[9] reported that Del Monte Forest had a population of 4,514.

468 households (24.3%) were made up of individuals, and 310 (16.1%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

There were 2,811 housing units at an average density of 264.0 per square mile (101.9/km2), of which 1,600 (83.1%) were owner-occupied, and 325 (16.9%) were occupied by renters.

24.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

Out of the total population, 4.2% of those under the age of 18 and 2.5% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.

[11] In the California State Legislature, Del Monte Forest is in the 17th Senate District, represented by Democrat John Laird, and in the 29th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Robert Rivas.