Vista

Population & Demographics

Vista, CA

Vista is home to 99,114 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 45,966 resident workers commute each day.

CaliforniaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
99,114
people
Population

99,114 residents

Median age 35.9 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Vista population & demographics

Who lives in Vista — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
99,114
Median age
35.9yrs
Median household income
$94,975
Median home value
$762,400
Median gross rent
$2,249/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
29.3%
Poverty rate
10.5%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Vista

How Vista breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

Hispanic or Latino49.4%
White36.2%
Asian5.6%
Two or more races4.9%
Black2.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.8%
Some other race0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%

Race across Vista

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Vista.

Vista at a glance
Employed Residents
45,966
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
10.4mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
13.0%
Share working within the area
Work from home
16.2%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
San Diego
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Vista proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Vista commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

52 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Vista

45,966 commutes, one dot at a time

Vista

Where 45,966 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Vista, by worker count.

1San Diego28.6 mi7,051
2Carlsbad5.4 mi6,344
3Vista0.0 mi5,979
4Oceanside4.9 mi4,533
5San Marcos5.4 mi2,680
6Escondido10.4 mi2,078
7Encinitas10.3 mi1,271
8Los Angeles89.7 mi1,255

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Vista.

1Vista0.0 mi5,979
2Oceanside4.9 mi4,853
3San Diego28.6 mi2,705
4Escondido10.4 mi2,580
5San Marcos5.4 mi2,351
6Carlsbad5.4 mi1,832
7Fallbrook12.4 mi642
8Los Angeles89.7 mi569

Top industries

The sectors that employ Vista’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
MFManufacturing18.2%
RTRetail Trade11.8%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance11.7%
COConstruction10.9%
AFAccommodation and Food Services9.1%
WSWholesale Trade7.6%
EDEducational Services7.2%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services6.7%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services5.1%
Connectivity

Internet options for Vista

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

6 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps88%
8 Gbps2%
See all internet providers in Vista

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).