Greenfield vs Soledad

A side-by-side comparison of Greenfield and Soledad: population, income, housing, and more.

Greenfield and Soledad are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Soledad has the higher population (24,476 vs 19,759 in Greenfield). Soledad has the higher median household income ($93,204 vs $78,946 in Greenfield). Soledad has the higher median home value ($571,600 vs $462,400 in Greenfield).

Population, income & housing

	Greenfield	Soledad
Population	19,759	24,476
Median age	27.5 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$78,946	$93,204
Median home value	$462,400	$571,600
Median gross rent	$1,690	$1,604
Housing units	4,553	4,519
Homeownership rate	53.7%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	6.9%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenfield	Soledad
Population	17,373 → 19,759 (+13.7%)	25,705 → 24,476 (-4.8%)
Median household income	$59,595 → $78,946 (+32.5%)	$64,472 → $93,204 (+44.6%)
Median home value	$305,000 → $462,400 (+51.6%)	$370,800 → $571,600 (+54.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,480 → $1,690 (+14.2%)	$1,274 → $1,604 (+25.9%)

Greenfield

Population

17,37319,759

Median household income

$59,595$78,946

Median home value

$305,000$462,400

Median gross rent

$1,480$1,690

Soledad

Population

25,70524,476

Median household income

$64,472$93,204

Median home value

$370,800$571,600

Median gross rent

$1,274$1,604

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenfield	Soledad
Under 5	10.9%	3.9%
5 to 17	26.3%	19.6%
18 to 24	9.8%	10.8%
25 to 34	13.8%	13.3%
35 to 44	12.8%	17.4%
45 to 54	10.1%	16.6%
55 to 64	7.4%	11.7%
65 to 74	6.9%	5.0%
75 and over	2.0%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenfield	Soledad
White (non-Hispanic)	2.2%	8.7%
Black or African American	0.8%	7.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	1.1%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	94.8%	79.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenfield	Soledad
No high school diploma	49.4%	42.0%
High school graduate	25.8%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	15.9%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenfield	Soledad
Drove alone	73.9%	79.1%
Carpooled	9.6%	12.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.5%
Walked	1.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	2.3%
Other means	13.7%	5.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenfield	Soledad
1-unit, detached	68.3%	74.9%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	13.1%	6.7%
20 or more units	4.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Greenfield	Soledad
Poverty rate	12.2%	15.8%
Average household size	4.54	4.01
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1995	1995