Scotts Valley vs Soquel

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

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

Scotts Valley has the higher population (12,138 vs 10,691 in Soquel). Scotts Valley has the higher median household income ($140,887 vs $114,991 in Soquel). Scotts Valley has the higher median home value ($1,092,000 vs $908,500 in Soquel).

Population, income & housing

	Scotts Valley	Soquel
Population	12,138	10,691
Median age	47.8 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$140,887	$114,991
Median home value	$1,092,000	$908,500
Median gross rent	$2,362	$2,293
Housing units	5,440	4,381
Homeownership rate	72.5%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.4%	44.7%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Scotts Valley	Soquel
Population	11,863 → 12,138 (+2.3%)	10,883 → 10,691 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$108,289 → $140,887 (+30.1%)	$93,305 → $114,991 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$815,600 → $1,092,000 (+33.9%)	$712,300 → $908,500 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,975 → $2,362 (+19.6%)	$1,990 → $2,293 (+15.2%)

Scotts Valley

Population

11,86312,138

Median household income

$108,289$140,887

Median home value

$815,600$1,092,000

Median gross rent

$1,975$2,362

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)

	Scotts Valley	Soquel
Under 5	5.1%	4.3%
5 to 17	11.7%	17.0%
18 to 24	7.8%	9.4%
25 to 34	9.2%	7.6%
35 to 44	12.1%	13.8%
45 to 54	11.9%	11.4%
55 to 64	18.0%	14.1%
65 to 74	12.9%	15.2%
75 and over	11.4%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Scotts Valley	Soquel
White (non-Hispanic)	74.4%	69.1%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.9%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	13.8%	23.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Scotts Valley	Soquel
No high school diploma	4.7%	5.5%
High school graduate	10.2%	18.6%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	31.7%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	22.7%	18.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Scotts Valley	Soquel
Drove alone	66.7%	70.3%
Carpooled	3.6%	9.3%
Public transit	0.4%	0.2%
Walked	1.7%	2.8%
Bicycle	2.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	24.5%	14.7%
Other means	1.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Scotts Valley	Soquel
1-unit, detached	54.7%	58.5%
1-unit, attached	12.4%	10.6%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	3.5%
20 or more units	4.1%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	17.3%	22.3%

Poverty & households

	Scotts Valley	Soquel
Poverty rate	4.8%	6.4%
Average household size	2.37	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1985	1977