Guadalupe vs Solvang

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

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

Guadalupe has the higher population (8,422 vs 6,034 in Solvang). Solvang has the higher median household income ($118,208 vs $71,048 in Guadalupe). Solvang has the higher median home value ($936,900 vs $452,100 in Guadalupe).

Population, income & housing

	Guadalupe	Solvang
Population	8,422	6,034
Median age	28.4 yrs	53.6 yrs
Median household income	$71,048	$118,208
Median home value	$452,100	$936,900
Median gross rent	$1,674	$1,773
Housing units	2,281	2,619
Homeownership rate	56.5%	60.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	38.5%
Unemployment rate	11.9%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Guadalupe	Solvang
Population	7,451 → 8,422 (+13.0%)	5,804 → 6,034 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$50,864 → $71,048 (+39.7%)	$83,431 → $118,208 (+41.7%)
Median home value	$257,100 → $452,100 (+75.8%)	$729,200 → $936,900 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,209 → $1,674 (+38.5%)	$1,531 → $1,773 (+15.8%)

Guadalupe

Population

7,4518,422

Median household income

$50,864$71,048

Median home value

$257,100$452,100

Median gross rent

$1,209$1,674

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)

	Guadalupe	Solvang
Under 5	12.2%	2.6%
5 to 17	25.8%	11.9%
18 to 24	8.3%	7.9%
25 to 34	13.3%	8.7%
35 to 44	13.2%	10.7%
45 to 54	8.8%	11.0%
55 to 64	10.3%	14.7%
65 to 74	5.0%	16.9%
75 and over	3.2%	15.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Guadalupe	Solvang
White (non-Hispanic)	7.2%	67.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	88.9%	22.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Guadalupe	Solvang
No high school diploma	42.9%	7.2%
High school graduate	19.8%	16.9%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	26.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Guadalupe	Solvang
Drove alone	78.3%	62.0%
Carpooled	15.5%	9.1%
Public transit	1.5%	1.0%
Walked	1.6%	7.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.5%
Worked from home	2.7%	19.1%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Guadalupe	Solvang
1-unit, detached	69.1%	57.0%
1-unit, attached	8.8%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	17.1%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	17.4%
20 or more units	1.7%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Guadalupe	Solvang
Poverty rate	28.3%	7.7%
Average household size	3.94	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	24	31
Median year structure built	1985	1983