Live Oak vs Soquel

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

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

Live Oak has the higher population (16,866 vs 10,691 in Soquel). Soquel has the higher median household income ($114,991 vs $107,500 in Live Oak). Live Oak has the higher median home value ($975,900 vs $908,500 in Soquel).

Population, income & housing

	Live Oak	Soquel
Population	16,866	10,691
Median age	41.3 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$107,500	$114,991
Median home value	$975,900	$908,500
Median gross rent	$2,414	$2,293
Housing units	6,778	4,381
Homeownership rate	60.0%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.5%	44.7%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Live Oak	Soquel
Population	16,837 → 16,866 (+0.2%)	10,883 → 10,691 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$83,750 → $107,500 (+28.4%)	$93,305 → $114,991 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$718,600 → $975,900 (+35.8%)	$712,300 → $908,500 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,921 → $2,414 (+25.7%)	$1,990 → $2,293 (+15.2%)

Live Oak

Population

16,83716,866

Median household income

$83,750$107,500

Median home value

$718,600$975,900

Median gross rent

$1,921$2,414

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)

	Live Oak	Soquel
Under 5	4.6%	4.3%
5 to 17	11.7%	17.0%
18 to 24	10.8%	9.4%
25 to 34	14.6%	7.6%
35 to 44	12.3%	13.8%
45 to 54	12.0%	11.4%
55 to 64	13.7%	14.1%
65 to 74	13.8%	15.2%
75 and over	6.3%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Live Oak	Soquel
White (non-Hispanic)	60.0%	69.1%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	4.9%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.8%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	28.2%	23.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Live Oak	Soquel
No high school diploma	9.6%	5.5%
High school graduate	16.5%	18.6%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	25.8%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	15.7%	18.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Live Oak	Soquel
Drove alone	63.3%	70.3%
Carpooled	12.2%	9.3%
Public transit	1.8%	0.2%
Walked	4.1%	2.8%
Bicycle	2.3%	1.4%
Worked from home	15.1%	14.7%
Other means	1.2%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Live Oak	Soquel
1-unit, detached	51.5%	58.5%
1-unit, attached	11.2%	10.6%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	3.5%
20 or more units	6.9%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	13.0%	22.3%

Poverty & households

	Live Oak	Soquel
Poverty rate	13.1%	6.4%
Average household size	2.47	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1979	1977