Buena Vista vs Paloma

A side-by-side comparison of Buena Vista and Paloma: population, income, housing, and more.

Buena Vista and Paloma are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Buena Vista has the higher population (624 vs 448 in Paloma). Buena Vista has the higher median household income ($88,664 vs $80,085 in Paloma). Paloma has the higher median home value ($387,400 vs $225,000 in Buena Vista).

Population, income & housing

	Buena Vista	Paloma
Population	624	448
Median age	34.2 yrs	54.6 yrs
Median household income	$88,664	$80,085
Median home value	$225,000	$387,400
Median gross rent	$1,432	—
Housing units	215	179
Homeownership rate	67.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	10.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buena Vista	Paloma
Population	595 → 624 (+4.9%)	—
Median household income	$46,313 → $88,664 (+91.4%)	—
Median home value	$131,300 → $225,000 (+71.4%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,305 → $1,432 (+9.7%)	—

Buena Vista

Population

595624

Median household income

$46,313$88,664

Median home value

$131,300$225,000

Median gross rent

$1,305$1,432

Paloma

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buena Vista	Paloma
Under 5	6.6%	13.4%
5 to 17	21.5%	0.0%
18 to 24	6.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	22.1%	23.7%
35 to 44	4.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	11.2%	20.1%
55 to 64	16.3%	31.9%
65 to 74	4.6%	5.8%
75 and over	7.1%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buena Vista	Paloma
White (non-Hispanic)	84.3%	62.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.1%	23.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	13.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buena Vista	Paloma
No high school diploma	0.0%	9.3%
High school graduate	26.1%	46.9%
Some college or associate's	48.5%	43.8%
Bachelor's degree	25.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buena Vista	Paloma
Drove alone	91.2%	100.0%
Carpooled	4.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buena Vista	Paloma
1-unit, detached	65.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	34.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Buena Vista	Paloma
Poverty rate	3.1%	0.0%
Average household size	2.90	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	29	—
Median year structure built	1989	1997