Solvang, California

Solvang population, 2020 to 2024

Solvang lost 123 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.0%. In the latest year it moved by -9. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 279th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Solvang is 16% of it.

Solvang covers 2.42 square miles of land, for 2,474 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Solvang is less dense than the typical town.

What county Solvang is in

All of Solvang's residents live in Santa Barbara County, which had 444,500 residents in 2024. Solvang holds 1.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Solvang

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Solvang by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 93463. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Solvang is

The Census internal point of Solvang is at 34.593800, -120.139700. Sacramento, the capital, is 285.3 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Goleta, CA (32,611 people), 19.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Santa Maria, CA, 29.1 miles away.

Daylight in Solvang

At 34.59° N, Solvang gets about 14 h 29 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 50 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 38 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Solvang

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Buellton, 3.4 miles away, with 5,023 people.