Mission Hills vs Solvang

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

Mission Hills 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 3,794 in Mission Hills). Solvang has the higher median household income ($118,208 vs $106,455 in Mission Hills). Solvang has the higher median home value ($936,900 vs $477,800 in Mission Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Mission Hills	Solvang
Population	3,794	6,034
Median age	44.9 yrs	53.6 yrs
Median household income	$106,455	$118,208
Median home value	$477,800	$936,900
Median gross rent	$1,783	$1,773
Housing units	1,246	2,619
Homeownership rate	77.6%	60.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%	38.5%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mission Hills	Solvang
Population	3,842 → 3,794 (-1.2%)	5,804 → 6,034 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$86,296 → $106,455 (+23.4%)	$83,431 → $118,208 (+41.7%)
Median home value	$376,400 → $477,800 (+26.9%)	$729,200 → $936,900 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,639 → $1,783 (+8.8%)	$1,531 → $1,773 (+15.8%)

Mission Hills

Population

3,8423,794

Median household income

$86,296$106,455

Median home value

$376,400$477,800

Median gross rent

$1,639$1,783

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)

	Mission Hills	Solvang
Under 5	0.4%	2.6%
5 to 17	24.3%	11.9%
18 to 24	4.6%	7.9%
25 to 34	7.4%	8.7%
35 to 44	13.4%	10.7%
45 to 54	10.9%	11.0%
55 to 64	22.6%	14.7%
65 to 74	7.7%	16.9%
75 and over	8.7%	15.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mission Hills	Solvang
White (non-Hispanic)	44.2%	67.7%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	2.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.0%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	41.8%	22.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mission Hills	Solvang
No high school diploma	10.7%	7.2%
High school graduate	25.2%	16.9%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	26.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mission Hills	Solvang
Drove alone	66.3%	62.0%
Carpooled	11.3%	9.1%
Public transit	9.8%	1.0%
Walked	3.0%	7.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.5%
Worked from home	8.6%	19.1%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mission Hills	Solvang
1-unit, detached	98.9%	57.0%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	17.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Mission Hills	Solvang
Poverty rate	4.9%	7.7%
Average household size	3.04	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	26	31
Median year structure built	1970	1983