Prunedale vs Soledad

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

Prunedale 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 19,286 in Prunedale). Prunedale has the higher median household income ($106,442 vs $93,204 in Soledad). Prunedale has the higher median home value ($760,200 vs $571,600 in Soledad).

Population, income & housing

	Prunedale	Soledad
Population	19,286	24,476
Median age	37.8 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$106,442	$93,204
Median home value	$760,200	$571,600
Median gross rent	$1,711	$1,604
Housing units	5,802	4,519
Homeownership rate	76.8%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.2%	6.9%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prunedale	Soledad
Population	20,327 → 19,286 (-5.1%)	25,705 → 24,476 (-4.8%)
Median household income	$89,137 → $106,442 (+19.4%)	$64,472 → $93,204 (+44.6%)
Median home value	$566,700 → $760,200 (+34.1%)	$370,800 → $571,600 (+54.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,430 → $1,711 (+19.7%)	$1,274 → $1,604 (+25.9%)

Prunedale

Population

20,32719,286

Median household income

$89,137$106,442

Median home value

$566,700$760,200

Median gross rent

$1,430$1,711

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)

	Prunedale	Soledad
Under 5	6.4%	3.9%
5 to 17	21.3%	19.6%
18 to 24	8.4%	10.8%
25 to 34	10.7%	13.3%
35 to 44	14.1%	17.4%
45 to 54	11.7%	16.6%
55 to 64	11.6%	11.7%
65 to 74	11.0%	5.0%
75 and over	4.9%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prunedale	Soledad
White (non-Hispanic)	35.0%	8.7%
Black or African American	0.7%	7.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	5.4%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.3%
Some other race	0.6%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.9%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	53.2%	79.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prunedale	Soledad
No high school diploma	22.7%	42.0%
High school graduate	25.2%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prunedale	Soledad
Drove alone	77.3%	79.1%
Carpooled	11.2%	12.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.5%
Walked	0.6%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	2.3%
Other means	4.7%	5.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prunedale	Soledad
1-unit, detached	79.8%	74.9%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	14.7%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Prunedale	Soledad
Poverty rate	8.5%	15.8%
Average household size	3.52	4.01
Mean commute (minutes)	33	29
Median year structure built	1976	1995