Buena Vista vs Pioneer

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

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

Pioneer has the higher population (1,210 vs 624 in Buena Vista). Buena Vista has the higher median household income ($88,664 vs $74,276 in Pioneer). Pioneer has the higher median home value ($397,500 vs $225,000 in Buena Vista).

Population, income & housing

	Buena Vista	Pioneer
Population	624	1,210
Median age	34.2 yrs	58.4 yrs
Median household income	$88,664	$74,276
Median home value	$225,000	$397,500
Median gross rent	$1,432	$1,143
Housing units	215	576
Homeownership rate	67.4%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	10.9%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buena Vista	Pioneer
Population	595 → 624 (+4.9%)	1,386 → 1,210 (-12.7%)
Median household income	$46,313 → $88,664 (+91.4%)	$72,610 → $74,276 (+2.3%)
Median home value	$131,300 → $225,000 (+71.4%)	$274,600 → $397,500 (+44.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,305 → $1,432 (+9.7%)	$939 → $1,143 (+21.7%)

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

Pioneer

Population

1,3861,210

Median household income

$72,610$74,276

Median home value

$274,600$397,500

Median gross rent

$939$1,143

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buena Vista	Pioneer
Under 5	6.6%	2.4%
5 to 17	21.5%	16.4%
18 to 24	6.3%	5.2%
25 to 34	22.1%	3.3%
35 to 44	4.3%	18.5%
45 to 54	11.2%	1.3%
55 to 64	16.3%	21.9%
65 to 74	4.6%	23.7%
75 and over	7.1%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buena Vista	Pioneer
White (non-Hispanic)	84.3%	73.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.2%
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%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	25.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buena Vista	Pioneer
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.6%
High school graduate	26.1%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	48.5%	47.7%
Bachelor's degree	25.4%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buena Vista	Pioneer
Drove alone	91.2%	51.3%
Carpooled	4.6%	16.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	25.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buena Vista	Pioneer
1-unit, detached	65.6%	91.1%
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%	8.9%

Poverty & households

	Buena Vista	Pioneer
Poverty rate	3.1%	6.5%
Average household size	2.90	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	29	36
Median year structure built	1989	1985