Bonita vs Solana Beach

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

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

Bonita has the higher population (13,336 vs 12,841 in Solana Beach). Solana Beach has the higher median household income ($150,820 vs $117,750 in Bonita). Solana Beach has the higher median home value ($1,934,700 vs $902,200 in Bonita).

Population, income & housing

	Bonita	Solana Beach
Population	13,336	12,841
Median age	45.9 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$117,750	$150,820
Median home value	$902,200	$1,934,700
Median gross rent	$2,234	$3,022
Housing units	4,798	6,388
Homeownership rate	79.0%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.2%	71.8%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bonita	Solana Beach
Population	12,706 → 13,336 (+5.0%)	13,356 → 12,841 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$99,427 → $117,750 (+18.4%)	$108,118 → $150,820 (+39.5%)
Median home value	$662,400 → $902,200 (+36.2%)	$1,192,600 → $1,934,700 (+62.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,882 → $2,234 (+18.7%)	$2,232 → $3,022 (+35.4%)

Bonita

Population

12,70613,336

Median household income

$99,427$117,750

Median home value

$662,400$902,200

Median gross rent

$1,882$2,234

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)

	Bonita	Solana Beach
Under 5	5.2%	4.2%
5 to 17	15.6%	14.4%
18 to 24	6.4%	5.5%
25 to 34	10.6%	9.9%
35 to 44	10.7%	11.3%
45 to 54	12.7%	15.0%
55 to 64	13.9%	16.1%
65 to 74	13.3%	13.8%
75 and over	11.6%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bonita	Solana Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	33.9%	75.0%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	12.3%	5.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.5%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	49.0%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bonita	Solana Beach
No high school diploma	8.6%	2.8%
High school graduate	19.1%	9.0%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	16.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	43.1%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	28.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bonita	Solana Beach
Drove alone	78.7%	56.6%
Carpooled	2.8%	4.9%
Public transit	1.3%	1.7%
Walked	0.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.6%	1.1%
Worked from home	15.2%	30.7%
Other means	1.3%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bonita	Solana Beach
1-unit, detached	82.8%	46.0%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	20.8%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	11.9%
20 or more units	5.8%	14.1%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Bonita	Solana Beach
Poverty rate	6.5%	5.5%
Average household size	2.83	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1975	1976