Solvang vs Vandenberg Village

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

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

Vandenberg Village has the higher population (6,793 vs 6,034 in Solvang). Solvang has the higher median household income ($118,208 vs $104,714 in Vandenberg Village). Solvang has the higher median home value ($936,900 vs $577,500 in Vandenberg Village).

Population, income & housing

	Solvang	Vandenberg Village
Population	6,034	6,793
Median age	53.6 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$118,208	$104,714
Median home value	$936,900	$577,500
Median gross rent	$1,773	$2,272
Housing units	2,619	2,761
Homeownership rate	60.4%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.5%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Solvang	Vandenberg Village
Population	5,804 → 6,034 (+4.0%)	8,114 → 6,793 (-16.3%)
Median household income	$83,431 → $118,208 (+41.7%)	$91,618 → $104,714 (+14.3%)
Median home value	$729,200 → $936,900 (+28.5%)	$391,000 → $577,500 (+47.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,531 → $1,773 (+15.8%)	$1,798 → $2,272 (+26.4%)

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

Vandenberg Village

Population

8,1146,793

Median household income

$91,618$104,714

Median home value

$391,000$577,500

Median gross rent

$1,798$2,272

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Solvang	Vandenberg Village
Under 5	2.6%	4.0%
5 to 17	11.9%	16.6%
18 to 24	7.9%	9.0%
25 to 34	8.7%	9.5%
35 to 44	10.7%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.0%	10.9%
55 to 64	14.7%	16.2%
65 to 74	16.9%	10.2%
75 and over	15.6%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Solvang	Vandenberg Village
White (non-Hispanic)	67.7%	61.4%
Black or African American	0.5%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	2.9%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.4%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	22.1%	31.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Solvang	Vandenberg Village
No high school diploma	7.2%	5.9%
High school graduate	16.9%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	26.1%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Solvang	Vandenberg Village
Drove alone	62.0%	82.0%
Carpooled	9.1%	7.1%
Public transit	1.0%	1.1%
Walked	7.3%	2.4%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.1%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Solvang	Vandenberg Village
1-unit, detached	57.0%	82.2%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	9.9%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	17.4%	2.1%
20 or more units	8.1%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Solvang	Vandenberg Village
Poverty rate	7.7%	3.6%
Average household size	2.34	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	31	23
Median year structure built	1983	1969