Marina vs Soledad

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

Marina 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 22,324 in Marina). Soledad has the higher median household income ($93,204 vs $88,518 in Marina). Marina has the higher median home value ($760,800 vs $571,600 in Soledad).

Population, income & housing

	Marina	Soledad
Population	22,324	24,476
Median age	36.7 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$88,518	$93,204
Median home value	$760,800	$571,600
Median gross rent	$2,105	$1,604
Housing units	8,269	4,519
Homeownership rate	39.3%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.1%	6.9%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marina	Soledad
Population	21,981 → 22,324 (+1.6%)	25,705 → 24,476 (-4.8%)
Median household income	$64,258 → $88,518 (+37.8%)	$64,472 → $93,204 (+44.6%)
Median home value	$513,000 → $760,800 (+48.3%)	$370,800 → $571,600 (+54.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,402 → $2,105 (+50.1%)	$1,274 → $1,604 (+25.9%)

Marina

Population

21,98122,324

Median household income

$64,258$88,518

Median home value

$513,000$760,800

Median gross rent

$1,402$2,105

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)

	Marina	Soledad
Under 5	5.2%	3.9%
5 to 17	15.8%	19.6%
18 to 24	13.4%	10.8%
25 to 34	13.3%	13.3%
35 to 44	13.4%	17.4%
45 to 54	12.0%	16.6%
55 to 64	12.2%	11.7%
65 to 74	8.6%	5.0%
75 and over	6.1%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marina	Soledad
White (non-Hispanic)	38.3%	8.7%
Black or African American	6.1%	7.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	13.3%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	3.3%	0.3%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	8.1%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	30.2%	79.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marina	Soledad
No high school diploma	10.8%	42.0%
High school graduate	21.1%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	16.2%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marina	Soledad
Drove alone	69.3%	79.1%
Carpooled	12.0%	12.0%
Public transit	2.5%	0.5%
Walked	2.2%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	2.3%
Other means	2.6%	5.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marina	Soledad
1-unit, detached	48.1%	74.9%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	15.1%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	6.7%
20 or more units	8.5%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Marina	Soledad
Poverty rate	14.6%	15.8%
Average household size	2.62	4.01
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1980	1995