Rio del Mar vs Soquel

A side-by-side comparison of Rio del Mar and Soquel: population, income, housing, and more.

Rio del Mar 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 8,938 in Rio del Mar). Rio del Mar has the higher median household income ($150,313 vs $114,991 in Soquel). Rio del Mar has the higher median home value ($1,242,600 vs $908,500 in Soquel).

Population, income & housing

	Rio del Mar	Soquel
Population	8,938	10,691
Median age	51.4 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$150,313	$114,991
Median home value	$1,242,600	$908,500
Median gross rent	$3,172	$2,293
Housing units	4,804	4,381
Homeownership rate	77.6%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.4%	44.7%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rio del Mar	Soquel
Population	9,657 → 8,938 (-7.4%)	10,883 → 10,691 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$104,416 → $150,313 (+44.0%)	$93,305 → $114,991 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$927,400 → $1,242,600 (+34.0%)	$712,300 → $908,500 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	$2,235 → $3,172 (+41.9%)	$1,990 → $2,293 (+15.2%)

Rio del Mar

Population

9,6578,938

Median household income

$104,416$150,313

Median home value

$927,400$1,242,600

Median gross rent

$2,235$3,172

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)

	Rio del Mar	Soquel
Under 5	3.6%	4.3%
5 to 17	13.9%	17.0%
18 to 24	7.4%	9.4%
25 to 34	4.0%	7.6%
35 to 44	10.9%	13.8%
45 to 54	17.4%	11.4%
55 to 64	16.9%	14.1%
65 to 74	13.6%	15.2%
75 and over	12.4%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rio del Mar	Soquel
White (non-Hispanic)	80.1%	69.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	23.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rio del Mar	Soquel
No high school diploma	1.5%	5.5%
High school graduate	7.1%	18.6%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	31.1%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	30.4%	18.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rio del Mar	Soquel
Drove alone	59.8%	70.3%
Carpooled	7.7%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.4%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	1.4%
Worked from home	30.2%	14.7%
Other means	1.5%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rio del Mar	Soquel
1-unit, detached	78.2%	58.5%
1-unit, attached	12.4%	10.6%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	3.5%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	22.3%

Poverty & households

	Rio del Mar	Soquel
Poverty rate	3.1%	6.4%
Average household size	2.36	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	32	23
Median year structure built	1973	1977