THE AROMAS LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Monterey Bay Plains and Terraces setting.
Aromas CDP has 4.74 square miles of land in Monterey County, San Benito County. Its Census reference point is in Monterey Bay Plains and Terraces, within Central California Foothills and Coastal Mountains.
Oak woodland, chaparral and grassland occupy foothills and low coastal mountains around the Central Valley. Narrow agricultural valleys interrupt this landscape of dry summers and wetter winters.
Regional context: Central California Foothills and Coastal Mountains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
One place name. 2 county geographies.
Aromas intersects 2 county geographies: Monterey County, San Benito County. A Aromas mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Aromas by land and water
The Census records 0.01 square miles of water within Aromas, or 0.2% of its total area. It is 4.6 percentage points lower than the 4.8% recorded for California. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Aromas CDP has 10.3% of the land area of nearby Prunedale CDP (46.1 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

