Alpine vs Solana Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Alpine and Solana Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Alpine has the higher population (15,470 vs 12,841 in Solana Beach). Solana Beach has the higher median household income ($150,820 vs $111,723 in Alpine). Solana Beach has the higher median home value ($1,934,700 vs $810,000 in Alpine).

Population, income & housing

	Alpine	Solana Beach
Population	15,470	12,841
Median age	42.8 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$111,723	$150,820
Median home value	$810,000	$1,934,700
Median gross rent	$2,025	$3,022
Housing units	5,641	6,388
Homeownership rate	73.6%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.5%	71.8%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alpine	Solana Beach
Population	14,878 → 15,470 (+4.0%)	13,356 → 12,841 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$87,930 → $111,723 (+27.1%)	$108,118 → $150,820 (+39.5%)
Median home value	$606,200 → $810,000 (+33.6%)	$1,192,600 → $1,934,700 (+62.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,652 → $2,025 (+22.6%)	$2,232 → $3,022 (+35.4%)

Alpine

Population

14,87815,470

Median household income

$87,930$111,723

Median home value

$606,200$810,000

Median gross rent

$1,652$2,025

Solana Beach

Population

13,35612,841

Median household income

$108,118$150,820

Median home value

$1,192,600$1,934,700

Median gross rent

$2,232$3,022

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alpine	Solana Beach
Under 5	4.8%	4.2%
5 to 17	17.3%	14.4%
18 to 24	7.5%	5.5%
25 to 34	11.0%	9.9%
35 to 44	12.6%	11.3%
45 to 54	15.7%	15.0%
55 to 64	12.2%	16.1%
65 to 74	11.6%	13.8%
75 and over	7.2%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alpine	Solana Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	71.5%	75.0%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	5.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.0%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	20.4%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alpine	Solana Beach
No high school diploma	4.7%	2.8%
High school graduate	20.7%	9.0%
Some college or associate's	42.1%	16.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	43.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	28.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alpine	Solana Beach
Drove alone	81.1%	56.6%
Carpooled	6.2%	4.9%
Public transit	0.7%	1.7%
Walked	0.8%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	10.2%	30.7%
Other means	0.9%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alpine	Solana Beach
1-unit, detached	71.3%	46.0%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	20.8%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	11.9%
20 or more units	6.8%	14.1%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Alpine	Solana Beach
Poverty rate	10.2%	5.5%
Average household size	2.80	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	1988	1976