Solano County, California

Solano County has a population of 451,918 and has grown 0.4% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $617,700, about 6.2 times the county's median household income of $100,401.

Home price
$617,700
Income
$100,401
Population
451,918
Unemployment
6.5%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$617,700county
Median gross rent$2,163county
Median year homes here were built1982county
Share of homes built before 198045.2%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile2.7%county
Share of homes that are vacant4.4%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented37.0%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.5%county
Typical monthly rent$2,438county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$2,178county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,705county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$2,911county
Home insurance / yr$1,616(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living142.3(statewide)
Median household income$100,401county
Family health premium / yr$24,143(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$21,945(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$5.593(statewide)
Poverty rate10.0%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home12.2%county
Unemployment rate6.5%county
Share of adults in the labor force62.0%county
Share of workers who are self-employed5.9%county
Share of workers employed by government17.7%county
Share of workers in the largest industry22.6%county
Economic output per resident$83,411county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.75%county
Top state income tax13.30%(statewide)
Capital gains tax13.30%(statewide)
Combined sales tax9.03%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time31.0 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service37 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport5292736county
Miles to nearest general aviation field11 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here2county
Passenger train stations and the railway network2county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station1.5 micounty
Households without a vehicle4.9%county
Traffic deaths17.9county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-1.8(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher28.8%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher88.6%county
Public schools in the county102county
Public school enrollment60562county
Students per full-time teacher23.0county
Free lunch eligible59.7%county
Elementary schools60county
Middle schools12county
High schools23county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above3county
Share of local colleges that are public50.0%county
Two-year institutions1county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution3.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians84county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county6county
Hospitals here with an emergency department4county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3county
Fine particulate matter12.4 µgcounty
Without health insurance4.8%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year16.5%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year14.5%county
Frequent mental distress16.5%county
No leisure-time physical activity22.2%county
Diagnosed diabetes12.5%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population451,918county
Land area in square miles822county
People per square mile of land550.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores75county
Convenience stores39county
Share living far from a food store22.6%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract1.7%county
Population change since 2020+0.4%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents2county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents2county
Median age39.2 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1821.9%county
Share of residents 65 and over17.4%county
Share of households that are one person24.8%county
Share of residents born outside the United States20.8%county
Second languages31.5%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls32.3%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents67county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-3county
Households that moved in11,401county
Households that moved away11,581county
Average income of arriving households$73,626county
Average income of departing households$72,714county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes5county
Housing units authorised in the latest year881county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings14.9%county
Violent crime rate486(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature61.7°Fcounty
Annual precipitation16.5 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy5.06 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F47 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing0 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 9acounty
Frost-free days295 dayscounty
Average last spring frostFeb 11county
Average first fall frostDec 2county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$198county
Electric utilities serving this county1county
Electricity price per kWh39.6¢county
Household electricity use500 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$20.81(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity31.8%county
Homes heated by utility gas60.5%county
Homes heated by propane2.7%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.1%county
Homes heated by wood0.9%county
Households with broadband93.8%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk97.4county
Coastal flood risk82.8county
Drought risk99.3county
Landslide risk98.4county
Hail risk18.1county
Earthquake risk99.0county
Tornado risk34.1county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk77.0county
Winter weather risk4.3county
Strong wind risk17.7county
Wildfire risk94.5county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Solano County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the California figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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