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38.26° N · 122.15° W · GEOID 0631099

Green Valley

Solano County, California · part of the Vallejo, CA metro

Limited data population under 5,000

CaliforniaGreen Valley, CAGreen ValleyGreen Valley

The short answer

Green Valley is home to 1,364 people. Median household income is $142,000 a year and median rent is $2,394 a month, 20.2% of income (a ratio of two medians, not any one household's burden). Rent pressure is lighter than in most places. The median home is valued at $1,200,200, about 8.4x annual median household income.

Median gross rent
$2,394
75% above the median place
Median household income
$142,000
77% above the median place
Median home value
$1,200,200
276% above the median place
Unemployment
6.5%
32% above the median place

Compared with the median of the 6,645 places we track. The bundle was checked 2026-11-14; each measure may refer to an older release.

What stands out about Green Valley

  • The median home is valued at $1,200,200, more than in 98% of the 2,480 places under 10,000 people we track.
  • The median resident is 59 years old, older than in 97% of places its size.
  • Owning with a mortgage costs about $1,181 a month more than the median rent, a wider gap than in 91% of places its size.
  • Median rent is $2,394 a month, higher than in 92% of places its size.
  • 90% of homes are owner-occupied, more than in 89% of places its size.
01

Moving to Green Valley

Solano County gains about 0.4 residents per 1,000 a year to moves between counties.

Moved in19,963
Moved out19,805
Net+158

Where people come from and where they go, top counties

Within California, other states or abroad

Arrivals
Leavers
Within CaliforniaOther statesAbroad

Income per tax return

Arrivals$74K
Leavers$73K

People on tax returns who moved between counties, from IRS migration data, 2022 to 2023. Figures are for all of Solano County; flows under 20 returns are not published.

Who moves here
5.6% of residents arrived from another county in the past year, 0.0% from another state. County figure.
Who arrives and who leaves
Households moving into Solano County report $73,600 a year in income on average; those leaving, $72,700.
Income you would need
$95,800 a year to rent the median home at the 30% line. From your city
Rent or buy
Median rent is $2,394 a month; owners with a mortgage pay $3,575 a month including taxes and insurance, on a median home of $1,200,200.
Getting to work
28 minutes each way on average; 15.8% work from home.
If it is close but not quite
Pismo Beach, CA matches it on character. Compare the two
Moved from another state1
0.0%
below the median place (median 2.0%)
Income of households moving out7
$72,714
3% above the median place
Income of households moving in7
$73,626
4% above the median place
All 5 moving measures
MeasureGreen ValleyAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Moved here in the past year1County figure5.6%2% below
Moved from another state10.0%below (median 2.0%)
Net movers per 1,000 people7County figure0.4above (median -0.6)
Income of households moving in7County figure$73,6264% above
Income of households moving out7County figure$72,7143% above
02

What it costs to live here

Median home value is $1,200,200, 276% above the median place.

Green Valley20.2%
Typical place20.4%

Share of the median household income that goes to the median rent. Above 30% is the usual stress line.

Income needed to rent
$95,760
a year, at the 30% line
Rent to income
20.2%
1% below the median place
Home price to income
8.4x
122% above the median place

Could you afford it?

The median rent would take
20%
comfortably under the 30% line
Left after rent, in US prices
$111,500
a year
Vs the typical household here
Same
as the median household

Uses the median rent in Green Valley, $2,394 a month, and local prices for everything else (101.6 against a US average of 100). It runs in your browser and stores nothing.

Like Green Valley, but easier on the budget

Close matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, where rent takes a clearly smaller share of income.

PlaceRent to incomeMore left a year
El Granada, CA11.4% vs 20.2%$78,600Compare

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Median home value1
$1,200,200
276% above the median place
Homeownership1
89.6%
35% above the median place
Owner costs with a mortgage1
$3,575
91% above the median place
All 16 cost and housing measures
MeasureGreen ValleyAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median gross rent1$2,39475% above
Rent to income120.2%1% below
Property tax rate10.8%14% below
Home price to income18.4x122% above
Prices vs US average2Metro figure108.58% above
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3County figure$2,34245% above
HUD area median income4County figure$120,30012% above
Property tax paid (median)1$9,326186% above
Median home value1$1,200,200276% above
Home prices, 1-year change5County figure-0.3%below (median 3.2%)
Home prices, 5-year change5County figure29.5%43% below
Homeownership189.6%35% above
Renters paying 30%+1County figure60.2%19% above
Owner costs with a mortgage1$3,57591% above
Vacant homes1County figure4.4%38% below
Median year built119710% below
03

Work and pay

Commutes by transit is 0.0%, below the median place (median 0.8%).

Commutes by transit1
0.0%
below the median place (median 0.8%)
Income per person1
$94,421
136% above the median place
Median household income1
$142,000
77% above the median place
All 10 work and pay measures
MeasureGreen ValleyAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median household income1$142,00077% above
Income per person1$94,421136% above
Unemployment1County figure6.5%32% above
Average annual pay6County figure$73,49411% above
Pay growth, 1 year6County figure2.9%22% below
Jobs6County figure144,0044% below
Poverty rate1County figure10.0%7% below
Mean commute128 min13% above
Works from home115.8%27% above
Commutes by transit10.0%below (median 0.8%)
04

Who lives here

High school or higher is 100.0%, 8% above the median place.

High school or higher1
100.0%
8% above the median place
Homes with broadband1
100.0%
8% above the median place
Median age1
59.0
51% above the median place

More about who lives here, against the typical place

Bachelor's or higher54.9% +71%
Household size2.2 −10%
Born abroad11.4% +30%
All 8 people measures
MeasureGreen ValleyAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Population11,3646646th largest
Median age159.051% above
Bachelor's or higher154.9%71% above
High school or higher1100.0%8% above
Household size12.210% below
Born abroad111.4%30% above
No health insurance1County figure4.8%25% below
Homes with broadband1100.0%8% above
05

Life in Green Valley

34 sites are on the National Register of Historic Places, one of them a National Historic Landmark.

Out the door, against the typical place

Parks per 10k residents14.7 +44%
Playgrounds per 10k0.0 −100%
Grocery stores per 10k0.0 −100%
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k0.0 −100%
Libraries per 10k0.0 −100%
Named paths and bike trails23 km 11.7×
Bus and rail stops per sq mi0.0 −100%

Mapped by volunteers in OpenStreetMap inside the city limits (Census boundaries), so coverage is fuller in some places than others. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Businesses per 10,000 residents (county figures)

Restaurants and bars17.5 −16%
Shops22.4 −26%
Arts, recreation and fitness2.5 −39%
Doctors' offices and clinics15.0 −26%
Child care centers2.6 +13%

Counts businesses with paid staff, so small owner-run shops are not included.

Students per teacher11
23.0
49% above the median place
Shops per 10k8
22.4
26% below the median place
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k8
2.5
39% below the median place
All 16 schools and local life measures
MeasureGreen ValleyAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Public schools11County figure108above (median 9)
Public school students11County figure60,562above (median 4,897)
Students per teacher11County figure23.049% above
Restaurants and bars per 10k8County figure17.516% below
Shops per 10k8County figure22.426% below
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k8County figure2.539% below
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k8County figure15.026% below
Child care centers per 10k8County figure2.613% above
Parks per 10k914.744% above
Playgrounds per 10k90.0below (median 9.4)
Grocery stores per 10k90.0below (median 2.1)
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k90.0below (median 11.2)
Libraries per 10k90.0below (median 0.9)
Named paths and bike trails923.3above (median 2.0)
Transit stops per sq mi90.0below (median 0.2)
National Register listings10County figure34162% above
06

Safety, weather and risk

Good air days is 99.2%, 45% above the median place.

No crime figure yet. Either the city police department did not report to the FBI for the latest year, or our monthly fetch has not reached Green Valley. Larger places are fetched first.

Good air days14
99.2%
45% above the median place
Median air quality index14
33
23% below the median place
Tornado risk13
34.1
58% below the median place
All 10 weather and risk measures
MeasureGreen ValleyAmong 6,645 placesVs median
July average high12County figure90°F3% above
January average low12County figure39°F56% above
Average temperature12County figure61°F12% above
Annual precipitation12County figure20.8 in53% below
Natural hazard risk13County figure97.05% above
Tornado risk13County figure34.158% below
Wildfire risk13County figure94.554% above
Heat wave risk13County figure77.015% below
Median air quality index14County figure3323% below
Good air days14County figure99.2%45% above
08

Green Valley in 2030: where the trends point

Citytistics projections to 2030: each figure's own trend, blended with the typical trend across the places we rate, eased toward long-run US growth and carried forward from the latest release. The range is where 80% of places landed when we tested the same method on past releases.

MeasureLatest2030 projectionLikely rangeAvg. per year
Median household income$142,000 (2024)$178,500$151,000 to $211,500+3.9%
Median home value$1,200,200 (2024)$1,741,000$1,264,000 to $2,398,000+6.4%

The median home would be worth 9.7 years of the median income in 2030, against 8.5 now.

A projection of recent trends, not a prediction of the economy or advice to buy or sell. How we project.

09

Places like Green Valley

The closest matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, and the places nearby.

PlaceRentIncome
Pismo Beach, CA$2,232$118,072Compare
Cave Creek, AZ$2,493$107,067Compare
Sonoma, CA$2,226$98,527Compare
Pacific Grove, CA$2,455$106,065Compare
Pacific Grove, CASonoma, CACave Creek, AZPismo Beach, CAGreen Valley, CAGreen ValleyPismo BeachCave CreekPacific GroveGreen ValleyPismo BeachCave CreekPacific Grove

Common questions

Is Green Valley a good place to live?

It depends on what you need, so here is what the numbers say. The median home is valued at $1,200,200, more than in 98% of the 2,480 places under 10,000 people we track. The median resident is 59 years old, older than in 97% of places its size. See how it ranks with your own weights.

Is Green Valley expensive to live in?

The median rent takes 20.2% of the median household income, against 20.4% in the typical place we track. Housing is a lighter load here than usual. The median home is valued at $1,200,200.

What salary do you need to live in Green Valley?

To rent the median home without spending more than 30% of income on rent, a household needs about $95,760 a year. Work it out from your current city.

What places are similar to Green Valley?

On income, rent, home value, education and age, the closest matches are Pismo Beach, CA, Cave Creek, AZ, Sonoma, CA and Pacific Grove, CA.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. Every dataset is public; links go to the publisher.

  1. American Community Survey 5-year estimates · US Census Bureau · 2020 to 2024 estimatesTables B01002, B01003, B05002, B07003, B08013, B08301, B15003, B17001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25010, B25035, B25064, B25070, B25077, B25088, B25103, B28002, S2701
  2. Regional Price Parities · US Bureau of Economic Analysis · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  3. Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
  4. Income Limits · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2026
  5. House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  6. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
  7. SOI Tax Stats, county-to-county migration · Internal Revenue Service · Tax years 2022 to 2023Counts tax returns and the people on them; flows under 20 returns are suppressed.
  8. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  9. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  10. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  11. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  12. 1991-2020 climate normals · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Series updated 2026-11-05Averages for 1991 to 2020 computed from NOAA's county climate series (nClimDiv).nClimDiv county series
  13. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  14. Air Quality System, annual AQI by county · US Environmental Protection Agency · 2025 dataAirData download files

Derived by Citytistics from the tables above: rent to income (B25064, B19013); property tax rate (B25103, B25077); home price to income (B25077, B19013).

What stands out compares Green Valley with places of a similar size, using only figures measured for Green Valley itself; county and metro figures never count. Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology. API: /api/v1/places/green-valley-solano-county-california

Citytistics. “Green Valley, California.” Data as of 2026-11-14. https://www.citytistics.com/city/green-valley-solano-county-california/

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