Housing density: 1,842 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $2,606,741.
Median contract rent in 2022: over $2,000 (lower quartile is over $2,000, upper quartile is over $2,000)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $4,127
Median gross rent in Solana Beach, CA in 2022: over $2,000
Housing units in Solana Beach with a mortgage: 2,278 (351 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 246 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 53
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $216,950
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $107,497
Median monthly housing costs: $3,071
Compare current foreclosures near Solana Beach, CA:
1,671 married couples with children.
857 single-parent households (231 men, 626 women).
80.7% of residents of Solana Beach speak English at home.
11.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (77% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
5.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (63% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
2.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (37% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 45% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Foreign born population: 1,585 (12.3%)
(57.6% of them are naturalized citizens)
Percentage of workers working in this county: 96.0% Number of people working at home: 2,059 (34.4% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 229
5 to 9 minutes: 637
10 to 14 minutes: 623
15 to 19 minutes: 486
20 to 24 minutes: 708
25 to 29 minutes: 416
30 to 34 minutes: 612
35 to 39 minutes: 147
40 to 44 minutes: 80
45 to 59 minutes: 131
60 to 89 minutes: 50
90 or more minutes: 101
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 5,489 (63.5%)
Carpooled: 759 (8.8%)
Bus: 60 (0.7%)
Long-distance train or commuter rail: 11 (0.1%)
Taxi: 58 (0.7%)
Bicycle: 114 (1.3%)
Walked: 209 (2.4%)
Worked at home: 2,059 (23.8%)
Unemployment by race in 2022
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
1.3%Males
5.5%Females
Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
4.0%Males
1.5%Females
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
3.0%Males
1.9%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Solana Beach, California
2722010 or later
4182000 to 2009
3301990 to 1999
5491980 to 1989
2591970 to 1979
443Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
English: 611 (10.7%)
Irish: 522 (9.1%)
German: 470 (8.2%)
European: 423 (7.4%)
American: 283 (5.0%)
Iranian: 189 (3.3%)
Scottish: 182 (3.2%)
Italian: 156 (2.7%)
British: 70 (1.2%)
Norwegian: 64 (1.1%)
Dutch: 64 (1.1%)
Russian: 61 (1.1%)
French: 59 (1.0%)
Polish: 47 (0.8%)
Basque: 44 (0.8%)
Hungarian: 35 (0.6%)
Canadian: 29 (0.5%)
Swedish: 28 (0.5%)
Northern European: 28 (0.5%)
Ukrainian: 25 (0.4%)
Armenian: 24 (0.4%)
Israeli: 19 (0.3%)
Scandinavian: 18 (0.3%)
Serbian: 17 (0.3%)
Luxembourger: 14 (0.2%)
Czech: 14 (0.2%)
Brazilian: 14 (0.2%)
Slovak: 14 (0.2%)
Egyptian: 14 (0.2%)
British West Indian: 13 (0.2%)
Danish: 12 (0.2%)
Ghanaian: 10 (0.2%)
Yugoslavian: 9 (0.2%)
Scotch-Irish: 8 (0.1%)
French Canadian: 7 (0.1%)
Greek: 7 (0.1%)
Welsh: 6 (0.1%)
Latvian: 5 (0.09%)
Lithuanian: 5 (0.09%)
Slavic: 5 (0.09%)
Australian: 3 (0.05%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Mexico
Solana Beach:
23.8% (378)
California:
37.2% (3,881,193)
Laos
Solana Beach:
10.1% (160)
California:
0.5% (48,911)
Iran
Solana Beach:
9.3% (148)
California:
2.0% (206,004)
Taiwan
Solana Beach:
6.8% (108)
California:
1.7% (176,274)
Canada
Solana Beach:
4.4% (69)
California:
1.2% (127,477)
United Kingdom, excluding England and Scotland
Solana Beach:
4.2% (67)
California:
0.6% (60,582)
Russia
Solana Beach:
3.7% (58)
California:
0.7% (71,932)
Indonesia
Solana Beach:
2.6% (42)
California:
0.4% (39,097)
Vietnam
Solana Beach:
2.5% (40)
California:
4.9% (512,335)
Israel
Solana Beach:
2.1% (34)
California:
0.3% (33,029)
Korea
Solana Beach:
2.1% (34)
California:
3.0% (315,248)
England
Solana Beach:
1.9% (30)
California:
0.6% (57,953)
Germany
Solana Beach:
1.6% (26)
California:
0.7% (73,304)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 6,878
Other state: 4,323
Northeast: 1,263
Midwest: 1,542
South: 733
West: 770
90.7% of Solana Beach residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 43.3% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 50.7% lived in California.
Solana Beach:
90.7%
State average:
88.9%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 44
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 7
7th and 8th grade: 45
9th grade: 0
10th grade: 0
11th grade: 12
12th grade, no diploma: 28
High school graduate (or equivalency): 367
Less than 1 year of college: 85
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 271
Associate degree: 283
Bachelor's degree: 1,811
Master's degree: 865
Professional school degree: 535
Doctorate degree: 314
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 26
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 52
7th and 8th grade: 0
9th grade: 39
10th grade: 0
11th grade: 8
12th grade, no diploma: 79
High school graduate (or equivalency): 457
Less than 1 year of college: 176
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 558
Associate degree: 246
Bachelor's degree: 2,512
Master's degree: 695
Professional school degree: 290
Doctorate degree: 222
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 2,878
One, attached: 1,280
Two: 191
3 or 4: 519
5 to 9: 485
10 to 19: 440
20 to 49: 277
50 or more: 414
Mobile homes: 10
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 0.1%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 0.1%
House/condo owner moved in on average 15 years ago