Capitola vs Soquel

A side-by-side comparison of Capitola and Soquel: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Soquel has the higher population (10,691 vs 9,813 in Capitola). Soquel has the higher median household income ($114,991 vs $96,412 in Capitola). Soquel has the higher median home value ($908,500 vs $746,000 in Capitola).

Population, income & housing

	Capitola	Soquel
Population	9,813	10,691
Median age	46.3 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$96,412	$114,991
Median home value	$746,000	$908,500
Median gross rent	$2,376	$2,293
Housing units	5,086	4,381
Homeownership rate	50.3%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.6%	44.7%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Capitola	Soquel
Population	10,121 → 9,813 (-3.0%)	10,883 → 10,691 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$71,059 → $96,412 (+35.7%)	$93,305 → $114,991 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$721,900 → $746,000 (+3.3%)	$712,300 → $908,500 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,780 → $2,376 (+33.5%)	$1,990 → $2,293 (+15.2%)

Capitola

Population

10,1219,813

Median household income

$71,059$96,412

Median home value

$721,900$746,000

Median gross rent

$1,780$2,376

Soquel

Population

10,88310,691

Median household income

$93,305$114,991

Median home value

$712,300$908,500

Median gross rent

$1,990$2,293

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Capitola	Soquel
Under 5	3.8%	4.3%
5 to 17	12.8%	17.0%
18 to 24	6.3%	9.4%
25 to 34	11.6%	7.6%
35 to 44	14.8%	13.8%
45 to 54	12.5%	11.4%
55 to 64	13.8%	14.1%
65 to 74	14.8%	15.2%
75 and over	9.7%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Capitola	Soquel
White (non-Hispanic)	59.5%	69.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	4.4%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	31.3%	23.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Capitola	Soquel
No high school diploma	9.0%	5.5%
High school graduate	13.5%	18.6%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	29.2%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	16.4%	18.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Capitola	Soquel
Drove alone	56.5%	70.3%
Carpooled	4.7%	9.3%
Public transit	1.1%	0.2%
Walked	6.1%	2.8%
Bicycle	1.2%	1.4%
Worked from home	25.7%	14.7%
Other means	4.8%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Capitola	Soquel
1-unit, detached	36.2%	58.5%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	10.6%
2 to 4 units	27.5%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	3.5%
20 or more units	6.7%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	11.0%	22.3%

Poverty & households

	Capitola	Soquel
Poverty rate	13.9%	6.4%
Average household size	2.13	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1975	1977