Interlaken vs Soquel

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

Interlaken 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 8,191 in Interlaken). Soquel has the higher median household income ($114,991 vs $111,021 in Interlaken). Soquel has the higher median home value ($908,500 vs $787,400 in Interlaken).

Population, income & housing

	Interlaken	Soquel
Population	8,191	10,691
Median age	35.4 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$111,021	$114,991
Median home value	$787,400	$908,500
Median gross rent	$2,080	$2,293
Housing units	2,103	4,381
Homeownership rate	68.1%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	44.7%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Interlaken	Soquel
Population	7,817 → 8,191 (+4.8%)	10,883 → 10,691 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$75,488 → $111,021 (+47.1%)	$93,305 → $114,991 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$543,400 → $787,400 (+44.9%)	$712,300 → $908,500 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,711 → $2,080 (+21.6%)	$1,990 → $2,293 (+15.2%)

Interlaken

Population

7,8178,191

Median household income

$75,488$111,021

Median home value

$543,400$787,400

Median gross rent

$1,711$2,080

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)

	Interlaken	Soquel
Under 5	7.9%	4.3%
5 to 17	19.6%	17.0%
18 to 24	11.4%	9.4%
25 to 34	10.6%	7.6%
35 to 44	12.9%	13.8%
45 to 54	11.0%	11.4%
55 to 64	12.6%	14.1%
65 to 74	7.8%	15.2%
75 and over	6.1%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Interlaken	Soquel
White (non-Hispanic)	18.6%	69.1%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.3%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	78.6%	23.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Interlaken	Soquel
No high school diploma	26.7%	5.5%
High school graduate	23.2%	18.6%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	18.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Interlaken	Soquel
Drove alone	70.2%	70.3%
Carpooled	15.1%	9.3%
Public transit	2.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.4%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	9.0%	14.7%
Other means	3.2%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Interlaken	Soquel
1-unit, detached	87.1%	58.5%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	10.6%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	22.3%

Poverty & households

	Interlaken	Soquel
Poverty rate	8.2%	6.4%
Average household size	3.83	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1970	1977