Housing density: 1,857 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $1,291,412.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,874 (lower quartile is $1,523, upper quartile is over $2,000)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $1,929
Median gross rent in Vista, CA in 2022: over $2,000
Housing units in Vista with a mortgage: 12,972 (997 second mortgage, 45 home equity loan, 683 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 47
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $133,624
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $62,093
11,228 married couples with children.
3,327 single-parent households (1,603 men, 1,724 women).
58.4% of residents of Vista speak English at home.
34.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
2.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
3.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (56% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (62% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 17% don't speak English at all).
Foreign born population: 23,655 (24.2%)
(57.3% of them are naturalized citizens)
Percentage of workers working in this county: 97.3% Number of people working at home: 7,400 (14.7% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 1,284
5 to 9 minutes: 1,342
10 to 14 minutes: 3,923
15 to 19 minutes: 7,250
20 to 24 minutes: 8,239
25 to 29 minutes: 1,846
30 to 34 minutes: 8,498
35 to 39 minutes: 1,016
40 to 44 minutes: 1,685
45 to 59 minutes: 2,645
60 to 89 minutes: 2,207
90 or more minutes: 772
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 30,786 (70.9%)
Carpooled: 3,291 (7.6%)
Bus: 289 (0.7%)
Light rail, streetcar or trolley: 8 (0.0%)
Taxi: 635 (1.5%)
Bicycle: 120 (0.3%)
Walked: 684 (1.6%)
Worked at home: 7,400 (17.1%)
Unemployment by race in 2022
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
6.0%Males
6.4%Females
Unemployment rate for Black residents
2.0%Males
5.0%Females
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native residents
2.8%Males
0.7%Females
Unemployment rate for Asian residents
1.7%Males
4.8%Females
Unemployment rate for other race residents
3.8%Males
4.9%Females
Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
8.3%Males
7.8%Females
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
7.0%Males
4.4%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Vista, California
2,2582010 or later
5,7392000 to 2009
6,4821990 to 1999
7,6901980 to 1989
3,1601970 to 1979
2,738Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
German: 2,614 (4.3%)
English: 2,373 (3.9%)
Irish: 2,370 (3.9%)
Italian: 1,628 (2.7%)
Swedish: 1,070 (1.8%)
American: 904 (1.5%)
Polish: 584 (1.0%)
Scottish: 568 (0.9%)
French: 497 (0.8%)
European: 395 (0.7%)
Danish: 340 (0.6%)
Norwegian: 285 (0.5%)
African: 253 (0.4%)
Scandinavian: 188 (0.3%)
Russian: 171 (0.3%)
Jamaican: 162 (0.3%)
British: 161 (0.3%)
Lebanese: 156 (0.3%)
Dutch: 146 (0.2%)
Finnish: 116 (0.2%)
Iranian: 113 (0.2%)
Greek: 104 (0.2%)
Scotch-Irish: 98 (0.2%)
Northern European: 96 (0.2%)
Czech: 92 (0.2%)
Hungarian: 78 (0.1%)
Romanian: 75 (0.1%)
Portuguese: 74 (0.1%)
Brazilian: 73 (0.1%)
Ukrainian: 68 (0.1%)
Somali: 67 (0.1%)
Serbian: 64 (0.1%)
Moroccan: 63 (0.1%)
French Canadian: 59 (0.10%)
Cypriot: 58 (0.10%)
Belgian: 57 (0.09%)
Egyptian: 56 (0.09%)
Swiss: 55 (0.09%)
Albanian: 54 (0.09%)
South African: 53 (0.09%)
Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 52 (0.09%)
Basque: 50 (0.08%)
Croatian: 49 (0.08%)
Welsh: 37 (0.06%)
Canadian: 34 (0.06%)
Assyrian: 31 (0.05%)
Ghanaian: 30 (0.05%)
Eastern European: 22 (0.04%)
Austrian: 17 (0.03%)
Slovak: 17 (0.03%)
Nigerian: 17 (0.03%)
Pennsylvania German: 16 (0.03%)
Haitian: 15 (0.02%)
Iraqi: 14 (0.02%)
Afghan: 13 (0.02%)
Yugoslavian: 12 (0.02%)
Jordanian: 5 (0.01%)
Syrian: 4 (0.01%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Mexico
Vista:
69.0% (15,527)
California:
37.2% (3,881,193)
Philippines
Vista:
4.5% (1,007)
California:
7.8% (818,297)
Japan
Vista:
1.8% (410)
California:
1.0% (103,575)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Vista:
1.8% (396)
California:
6.6% (684,672)
Canada
Vista:
1.6% (359)
California:
1.2% (127,477)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 52,863
Other state: 19,248
Northeast: 4,377
Midwest: 5,840
South: 4,678
West: 4,353
90.7% of Vista residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 40.9% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 65.5% lived in California.
Vista:
90.7%
State average:
88.9%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 1,464
Nursery to 4th grade: 504
5th and 6th grade: 1,771
7th and 8th grade: 205
9th grade: 393
10th grade: 485
11th grade: 633
12th grade, no diploma: 1,168
High school graduate (or equivalency): 7,691
Less than 1 year of college: 2,195
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 6,124
Associate degree: 2,958
Bachelor's degree: 6,694
Master's degree: 1,369
Professional school degree: 596
Doctorate degree: 656
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 1,380
Nursery to 4th grade: 485
5th and 6th grade: 1,474
7th and 8th grade: 444
9th grade: 272
10th grade: 244
11th grade: 442
12th grade, no diploma: 1,126
High school graduate (or equivalency): 6,663
Less than 1 year of college: 1,803
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 4,351
Associate degree: 3,270
Bachelor's degree: 7,544
Master's degree: 2,816
Professional school degree: 481
Doctorate degree: 567
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 17,451
One, attached: 3,382
Two: 387
3 or 4: 1,696
5 to 9: 3,877
10 to 19: 2,524
20 to 49: 1,208
50 or more: 2,930
Mobile homes: 1,201
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 44
Median worth of mobile homes: $182,881
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 0.8%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 2.2%
House/condo owner moved in on average 11 years ago