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Solvang city, California: commercial real estate data.
Solvang city is a Census city of 6,034 people across 2.43 square miles of land, in Santa Barbara County. Median household income is $109,091, 57.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 10 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $7.3 m.
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Solvang
What Solvang is
- Census place typecity
- Land area2.43 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,488
- County holding the largest share of its areaSanta Barbara County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Solvang
How many people live in Solvang
- Population6,034
- Median age54.2
- Population under 18811 plus or minus 222
- Share under 1813.4 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Population 65 and over2,017
- Share 65 and over33.4 percent
- Households2,726
- Family households1,426
- Share of households that are families52.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Solvang
Income and work in Solvang
- Median household income$109,091
- Per capita income$71,717
- Civilian labor force3,074
- Employed3,020
- Unemployed54 plus or minus 48
- Unemployment rate1.8 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Adults 25 and over4,715
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher91.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher38.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree13.4 percent plus or minus 3.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Solvang
Housing in Solvang
- Housing units2,813
- Occupied units2,726
- Vacant units87 plus or minus 78
- Vacancy rate3.1 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Owner occupied1,553
- Renter occupied1,173 plus or minus 290
- Ownership rate57.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$949,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,666
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.3 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Single family units1,492
- Share single family53.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,055 plus or minus 330
- Share in buildings of two or more37.5 percent plus or minus 11.2
- Mobile homes266 plus or minus 104
- Median year structure built1982
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Solvang
How Solvang gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,460
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,003 plus or minus 256
- Share commuting under 15 minutes40.8 percent plus or minus 8.5
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,016 plus or minus 217
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more41.3 percent
- Drove alone67.1 percent
- Carpooled6.7 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Public transport0.6 percent plus or minus 0.8
- Walked8.1 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Worked from home15.8 percent plus or minus 4.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Solvang
SBA loans in Solvang (7(a))
- Approvals10
- Gross approval$7,294,600
- Average approval$729,460
- Median approval$250,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,892,200
- Largest approval$2,892,200
- Jobs supported123
- Jobs per approval12.3
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more20.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders8
- Distinct industries by NAICS8
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Solvang
SBA loans in Solvang (504)
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$4,626,000
- Average approval$1,156,500
- Median approval$1,140,000
- Largest approval$2,852,000
- Jobs supported90
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Solvang
Flood risk in Solvang
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number060756
- Currently effective map date06/10/26
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Santa Barbara County, not Solvang
Santa Barbara County context, not Solvang figures
These are Santa Barbara County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Solvang measurements.
- Establishments in Santa Barbara County12,484
- Employment at those establishments, Santa Barbara County160,460
- Covered employment, Santa Barbara County216,323
- Average annual pay, Santa Barbara County$69,664
- Average weekly wage, Santa Barbara County$1,340
- Housing units permitted, Santa Barbara County750
- Of those, single family, Santa Barbara County481
- County product, 2024, Santa Barbara County$41,424,520,000
- County product change over the prior year, Santa Barbara County7.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Santa Barbara County$169,326
Every figure in this section is published for Santa Barbara County as a whole and is not a measurement of Solvang. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Solvang questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Solvang, California?
6,034, in 2,726 households. Solvang city covers 2.43 square miles of land, which is 2,488 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Solvang in?
Santa Barbara County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Solvang?
$109,091. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $949,600. Median gross rent is $1,666 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Solvang businesses?
10 7(a) approvals totalling $7.3 m, across 8 lenders, median approval $250,000, plus 4 504 approvals worth $4.6 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Solvang, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Solvang borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Solvang. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Solvang in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Solvang appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 060756, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Solvang figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Santa Barbara County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Solvang.
Is zoning published for Solvang?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.