Santa Ynez vs Solvang

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

Santa Ynez 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 4,725 in Santa Ynez). Solvang has the higher median household income ($118,208 vs $117,500 in Santa Ynez). Santa Ynez has the higher median home value ($1,121,000 vs $936,900 in Solvang).

Population, income & housing

	Santa Ynez	Solvang
Population	4,725	6,034
Median age	41.7 yrs	53.6 yrs
Median household income	$117,500	$118,208
Median home value	$1,121,000	$936,900
Median gross rent	$2,740	$1,773
Housing units	1,934	2,619
Homeownership rate	68.1%	60.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.1%	38.5%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Santa Ynez	Solvang
Population	4,546 → 4,725 (+3.9%)	5,804 → 6,034 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$107,588 → $117,500 (+9.2%)	$83,431 → $118,208 (+41.7%)
Median home value	$854,300 → $1,121,000 (+31.2%)	$729,200 → $936,900 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,425 → $2,740 (+92.3%)	$1,531 → $1,773 (+15.8%)

Santa Ynez

Population

4,5464,725

Median household income

$107,588$117,500

Median home value

$854,300$1,121,000

Median gross rent

$1,425$2,740

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)

	Santa Ynez	Solvang
Under 5	5.2%	2.6%
5 to 17	13.7%	11.9%
18 to 24	13.0%	7.9%
25 to 34	10.8%	8.7%
35 to 44	11.6%	10.7%
45 to 54	12.3%	11.0%
55 to 64	12.0%	14.7%
65 to 74	11.5%	16.9%
75 and over	9.8%	15.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Santa Ynez	Solvang
White (non-Hispanic)	75.0%	67.7%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	20.6%	22.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Santa Ynez	Solvang
No high school diploma	7.8%	7.2%
High school graduate	15.1%	16.9%
Some college or associate's	42.0%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	26.1%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Santa Ynez	Solvang
Drove alone	73.8%	62.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	2.1%	7.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	1.5%
Worked from home	23.8%	19.1%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Santa Ynez	Solvang
1-unit, detached	88.3%	57.0%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	17.4%
20 or more units	4.5%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Santa Ynez	Solvang
Poverty rate	11.3%	7.7%
Average household size	2.72	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	1975	1983