Soledad, California.
Typical home $642,113 (+4.3% in a year), asking rent $2,225 . Salinas, CA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,844 (+121%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $26,704 +4%
- $615,409$642,113 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $97,068 +18%
- $545,045$642,113 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Soledad$3,370
- California$3,997
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 21 years.
Typical home values in Soledad, CA rose 4.3% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Soledad, Monterey County, California
Soledad is a city of 24,925 people in Monterey County. Half its households earn more than $96,862 a year and half less, against $97,230 across Monterey County; 17% of its people live below the poverty line. 58% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 42% are rented. Unemployment in Soledad was 8.0% in August 2026, and Monterey County had 0.9% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in farming, then schools and health care.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 24 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Soledad is a small city in the Salinas Valley, in Monterey County, and its residents are younger than the typical American. Household incomes are close to the county's, though a good number of people live below the poverty line. More homes are lived in by their owners than rented, and few adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are cool and mild, with little or no snow, and summers turn hot, with July the warmest month.
Work. Many residents work in farming, in schools and hospitals and social care, in government, and in manufacturing. Several of the largest workplaces in Soledad are farm labor contractors, including PRO AG Harvesting and Vista Verde Labor, and Soledad Unified is among the biggest employers too. Unemployment is higher than many would like and has edged up over the past year, and the county has lost a few jobs. Most people travel a fair way to work, and very few work from home.
Things to do. Pinnacles National Park is a national park a short drive away, and the Mission Nuestra Señora de la Soledad is a museum, also a short drive away. The Arroyo Seco, a river, runs in or beside town. For a longer outing, the National Steinbeck Center is a museum a longer drive away.
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- 4,749households
- 6%of adults have a degree
- 17%below the poverty line
- 30 mintypical commute
- 4%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Monterey County had 198,525 jobs in 2025, 0.9% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in December, with highs near 62° and lows near 33°; warmest in July, with highs near 96° and lows near 50°. About 17 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Pinnacles Nm weather station, 8 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Soledad
- PRO AG HarvestingFarm labor contractors2,687
- Vista Verde LaborFarm labor contractors1,065
- Soledad UnifiedSchool district501FTE
- Al Pak LaborAgriculture production or harvesting crews280
- J&L RinconFarm labor contractors194
- Central Coast VineyardsVineyard46
- Franciscan Vineyards, Inc.Winery/warehouse/office33
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 6 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 4,305 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Earthquakesrelatively high in parts of SoledadRelatively moderate
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Soledad’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Monterey County and the Salinas, CA metro.
Soledad home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Soledad$642,113
- California$761,538
- United States$366,157
Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s property tax.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Soledad15
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Soledad8
Zip codes with a Soledad address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Soledad — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.