Vista, CA
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Vista, CA: 3 USPS ZIPs, population 112,033. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet VISTA-CA · Vista, CA 3 ZIPs · 112,033 pop · #4957/25278 · San Diego County
INC-HIGH · RANK-TOP · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-FEW · OWN-LOW · POP-MID · SPREAD-TIGHT · HOME-TOP
- INC-HIGH $96,977
- RANK-TOP #4957/25278
- BELOW-PEER under Escondido
- BOOK-FEW 3 ZIPs
- OWN-LOW 55% owners
- POP-MID 112,033
- SPREAD-TIGHT 92083→92081
- HOME-TOP $773,733
Nearest income peer: Escondido, CA (+ $3,956 income $)
Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Vista
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Vista on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- National City · lowest
National City · lowest
$66,426 median HH income
- Oceanside · near
Oceanside · near
$91,866 median HH income
- Vista · this city
Vista · this city
$96,977 median HH income
- Escondido · near
Escondido · near
$100,933 median HH income
- La Mesa · near
La Mesa · near
$104,139 median HH income
- Spring Valley · near
Spring Valley · near
$106,414 median HH income
- Encinitas · highest
Encinitas · highest
$158,507 median HH income
What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Vista, CA sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a mid-size population base, across a handful of delivery areas.
- Top 20%
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 112,033
- city population (Census)
- 3
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $96,977
- avg ZIP median income
Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.
High-income footprint on only 3 ZIPs: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $96,977 and home value $773,733 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 30.7%.
Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (54.8%) for this income tier, rent $2,248 may matter more than the home-value average.
Within California, Carmel By The Sea is the closest lower-income city and Ione the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Vista.
Within-city ZIP comparison
Where the ZIP codes inside Vista differ
The published income range is comparatively compact across the ZIPs in Vista: $86,974 in ZIP 92083 to $105,379 in 92081. The city average is therefore a more representative summary here, though each ZIP page still carries its own housing and demographic record.
- Income high-to-low ratio
- 1.2×
- Home-value high-to-low ratio
- 1.3×
- Poverty-rate spread
- 2.7 points
92083 to 92081
92083 to 92081
92081 to 92083
Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.
Population concentration
Vista residents split across a short ZIP set
No ZIP owns Vista: the largest, 92084, is only about 43% of 112,033 residents across 3 codes. Compare at least two ZIPs before treating the city roll-up as a neighborhood answer.
Census ZBP business roll-up
Employer-heavy short list in Vista
Citywide ZBP: 3,003 establishments, 41,792 employees , annual payroll $2,495,254k (~27 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 3 of 3 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 92081 (1,174 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (425) · also Health care and social assistance · Professional, scientific, and technical services .
ZIP Codes in Vista, CA
These ZIP codes sit in San Diego County, which covers 107 ZIP codes in all; 3 of them fall in Vista. See the San Diego County roll-up →
Vista sits in the lower half of San Diego County on income: San Diego, Chula Vista and Escondido report more, Oceanside, El Cajon and National City report less. Encinitas marks the far end of that range at $158,507, 63% above Vista.
Side-by-side: Compare 92084 vs 92083 →
Vista roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Vista, .