Seaside vs Soledad

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

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

Seaside has the higher population (31,964 vs 24,476 in Soledad). Soledad has the higher median household income ($93,204 vs $82,303 in Seaside). Seaside has the higher median home value ($692,600 vs $571,600 in Soledad).

Population, income & housing

	Seaside	Soledad
Population	31,964	24,476
Median age	33.7 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$82,303	$93,204
Median home value	$692,600	$571,600
Median gross rent	$2,314	$1,604
Housing units	10,942	4,519
Homeownership rate	37.1%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	6.9%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Seaside	Soledad
Population	33,956 → 31,964 (-5.9%)	25,705 → 24,476 (-4.8%)
Median household income	$63,575 → $82,303 (+29.5%)	$64,472 → $93,204 (+44.6%)
Median home value	$488,400 → $692,600 (+41.8%)	$370,800 → $571,600 (+54.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,781 → $2,314 (+29.9%)	$1,274 → $1,604 (+25.9%)

Seaside

Population

33,95631,964

Median household income

$63,575$82,303

Median home value

$488,400$692,600

Median gross rent

$1,781$2,314

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)

	Seaside	Soledad
Under 5	4.7%	3.9%
5 to 17	17.0%	19.6%
18 to 24	13.7%	10.8%
25 to 34	16.4%	13.3%
35 to 44	12.6%	17.4%
45 to 54	11.2%	16.6%
55 to 64	12.0%	11.7%
65 to 74	7.8%	5.0%
75 and over	4.5%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Seaside	Soledad
White (non-Hispanic)	30.9%	8.7%
Black or African American	4.9%	7.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	10.0%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.8%	0.3%
Some other race	0.8%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.6%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	46.0%	79.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Seaside	Soledad
No high school diploma	18.9%	42.0%
High school graduate	21.9%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Seaside	Soledad
Drove alone	70.6%	79.1%
Carpooled	12.9%	12.0%
Public transit	1.7%	0.5%
Walked	3.3%	0.3%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	2.3%
Other means	2.2%	5.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Seaside	Soledad
1-unit, detached	59.6%	74.9%
1-unit, attached	11.8%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	11.0%	6.7%
20 or more units	3.7%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Seaside	Soledad
Poverty rate	14.9%	15.8%
Average household size	2.95	4.01
Mean commute (minutes)	22	29
Median year structure built	1968	1995