Buellton vs Solvang

A side-by-side comparison of Buellton and Solvang: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Solvang has the higher population (6,034 vs 5,090 in Buellton). Solvang has the higher median household income ($118,208 vs $96,028 in Buellton). Solvang has the higher median home value ($936,900 vs $704,200 in Buellton).

Population, income & housing

	Buellton	Solvang
Population	5,090	6,034
Median age	37.6 yrs	53.6 yrs
Median household income	$96,028	$118,208
Median home value	$704,200	$936,900
Median gross rent	$2,196	$1,773
Housing units	2,230	2,619
Homeownership rate	60.6%	60.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.1%	38.5%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buellton	Solvang
Population	5,082 → 5,090 (+0.2%)	5,804 → 6,034 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$93,099 → $96,028 (+3.1%)	$83,431 → $118,208 (+41.7%)
Median home value	$522,900 → $704,200 (+34.7%)	$729,200 → $936,900 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,760 → $2,196 (+24.8%)	$1,531 → $1,773 (+15.8%)

Buellton

Population

5,0825,090

Median household income

$93,099$96,028

Median home value

$522,900$704,200

Median gross rent

$1,760$2,196

Solvang

Population

5,8046,034

Median household income

$83,431$118,208

Median home value

$729,200$936,900

Median gross rent

$1,531$1,773

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buellton	Solvang
Under 5	9.5%	2.6%
5 to 17	14.1%	11.9%
18 to 24	4.9%	7.9%
25 to 34	15.6%	8.7%
35 to 44	17.2%	10.7%
45 to 54	10.5%	11.0%
55 to 64	15.2%	14.7%
65 to 74	6.8%	16.9%
75 and over	6.2%	15.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buellton	Solvang
White (non-Hispanic)	72.2%	67.7%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.3%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	23.7%	22.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buellton	Solvang
No high school diploma	6.0%	7.2%
High school graduate	13.0%	16.9%
Some college or associate's	41.0%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	26.2%	26.1%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buellton	Solvang
Drove alone	75.2%	62.0%
Carpooled	9.7%	9.1%
Public transit	1.3%	1.0%
Walked	1.0%	7.3%
Bicycle	0.5%	1.5%
Worked from home	10.6%	19.1%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buellton	Solvang
1-unit, detached	53.7%	57.0%
1-unit, attached	14.3%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	17.4%
20 or more units	8.3%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	16.9%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Buellton	Solvang
Poverty rate	2.9%	7.7%
Average household size	2.63	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	30	31
Median year structure built	1993	1983