Salinas vs Soledad

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

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

Salinas has the higher population (161,993 vs 24,476 in Soledad). Soledad has the higher median household income ($93,204 vs $89,150 in Salinas). Salinas has the higher median home value ($610,900 vs $571,600 in Soledad).

Population, income & housing

	Salinas	Soledad
Population	161,993	24,476
Median age	32.1 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$89,150	$93,204
Median home value	$610,900	$571,600
Median gross rent	$1,923	$1,604
Housing units	45,206	4,519
Homeownership rate	47.0%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	6.9%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Salinas	Soledad
Population	156,143 → 161,993 (+3.7%)	25,705 → 24,476 (-4.8%)
Median household income	$61,527 → $89,150 (+44.9%)	$64,472 → $93,204 (+44.6%)
Median home value	$415,000 → $610,900 (+47.2%)	$370,800 → $571,600 (+54.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,411 → $1,923 (+36.3%)	$1,274 → $1,604 (+25.9%)

Salinas

Population

156,143161,993

Median household income

$61,527$89,150

Median home value

$415,000$610,900

Median gross rent

$1,411$1,923

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)

	Salinas	Soledad
Under 5	8.2%	3.9%
5 to 17	21.8%	19.6%
18 to 24	10.2%	10.8%
25 to 34	14.3%	13.3%
35 to 44	14.0%	17.4%
45 to 54	11.4%	16.6%
55 to 64	9.9%	11.7%
65 to 74	5.9%	5.0%
75 and over	4.4%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Salinas	Soledad
White (non-Hispanic)	11.5%	8.7%
Black or African American	1.1%	7.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	5.3%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.3%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.4%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	80.3%	79.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Salinas	Soledad
No high school diploma	37.6%	42.0%
High school graduate	23.5%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Salinas	Soledad
Drove alone	72.7%	79.1%
Carpooled	11.3%	12.0%
Public transit	0.9%	0.5%
Walked	1.2%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	2.3%
Other means	9.5%	5.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Salinas	Soledad
1-unit, detached	56.4%	74.9%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	16.5%	6.7%
20 or more units	8.5%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Salinas	Soledad
Poverty rate	14.2%	15.8%
Average household size	3.66	4.01
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1976	1995