Monterey vs Soledad

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

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

Monterey has the higher population (29,772 vs 24,476 in Soledad). Monterey has the higher median household income ($104,110 vs $93,204 in Soledad). Monterey has the higher median home value ($1,003,300 vs $571,600 in Soledad).

Population, income & housing

	Monterey	Soledad
Population	29,772	24,476
Median age	37.1 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$104,110	$93,204
Median home value	$1,003,300	$571,600
Median gross rent	$2,288	$1,604
Housing units	13,760	4,519
Homeownership rate	37.9%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.4%	6.9%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monterey	Soledad
Population	28,352 → 29,772 (+5.0%)	25,705 → 24,476 (-4.8%)
Median household income	$80,694 → $104,110 (+29.0%)	$64,472 → $93,204 (+44.6%)
Median home value	$782,500 → $1,003,300 (+28.2%)	$370,800 → $571,600 (+54.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,793 → $2,288 (+27.6%)	$1,274 → $1,604 (+25.9%)

Monterey

Population

28,35229,772

Median household income

$80,694$104,110

Median home value

$782,500$1,003,300

Median gross rent

$1,793$2,288

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)

	Monterey	Soledad
Under 5	5.4%	3.9%
5 to 17	9.0%	19.6%
18 to 24	12.0%	10.8%
25 to 34	20.6%	13.3%
35 to 44	11.6%	17.4%
45 to 54	9.5%	16.6%
55 to 64	12.2%	11.7%
65 to 74	9.6%	5.0%
75 and over	10.1%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monterey	Soledad
White (non-Hispanic)	63.4%	8.7%
Black or African American	3.2%	7.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	6.5%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.3%
Some other race	1.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.1%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	21.1%	79.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monterey	Soledad
No high school diploma	6.1%	42.0%
High school graduate	12.7%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	27.6%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	26.8%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monterey	Soledad
Drove alone	58.3%	79.1%
Carpooled	4.5%	12.0%
Public transit	3.2%	0.5%
Walked	10.1%	0.3%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.5%	2.3%
Other means	1.7%	5.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monterey	Soledad
1-unit, detached	44.5%	74.9%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	20.6%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	6.7%
20 or more units	13.6%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Monterey	Soledad
Poverty rate	10.5%	15.8%
Average household size	2.12	4.01
Mean commute (minutes)	19	29
Median year structure built	1970	1995