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The median home value in Solvang, CA is $1,425,389 as of 2026-07-31, up 7.79% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$1,425,389
Year-over-Year
+7.79%
Population
5,923
Solvang ranks #56 of 396 California cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 86.2% above the state's city median of $765,555. It sits in Santa Barbara County, where the county-wide median is $1,003,268.
Median household income in Solvang is $109,091, so the typical home value is about 13.1× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.
Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).
Solvang police recorded a violent crime rate of 68 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 929 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Solvang, that value is $1,425,389. That's up 7.79% from a year earlier. It is about 86.2% above the typical California city tracked here.
Homes in Solvang are more expensive than Santa Barbara County as a whole, where the median is $1,003,268 — a difference of about 42.1%.
Median household income here is $109,091, so the typical home value is about 13.1× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Solvang police reported 68 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 5,923. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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