Sky Valley vs Vista Santa Rosa

A side-by-side comparison of Sky Valley and Vista Santa Rosa: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sky Valley has the higher population (2,437 vs 2,418 in Vista Santa Rosa). Vista Santa Rosa has the higher median household income ($68,476 vs $47,656 in Sky Valley). Vista Santa Rosa has the higher median home value ($401,900 vs $136,500 in Sky Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Sky Valley	Vista Santa Rosa
Population	2,437	2,418
Median age	52.7 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$47,656	$68,476
Median home value	$136,500	$401,900
Median gross rent	$897	$1,385
Housing units	1,680	887
Homeownership rate	80.1%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sky Valley	Vista Santa Rosa
Population	2,227 → 2,437 (+9.4%)	2,739 → 2,418 (-11.7%)
Median household income	$32,367 → $47,656 (+47.2%)	$39,805 → $68,476 (+72.0%)
Median home value	$150,300 → $136,500 (-9.2%)	$220,600 → $401,900 (+82.2%)
Median gross rent	$897 → $897 (+0.0%)	$1,518 → $1,385 (-8.8%)

Sky Valley

Population

2,2272,437

Median household income

$32,367$47,656

Median home value

$150,300$136,500

Median gross rent

$897$897

Vista Santa Rosa

Population

2,7392,418

Median household income

$39,805$68,476

Median home value

$220,600$401,900

Median gross rent

$1,518$1,385

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sky Valley	Vista Santa Rosa
Under 5	3.6%	1.0%
5 to 17	12.6%	23.8%
18 to 24	5.4%	4.4%
25 to 34	11.5%	9.3%
35 to 44	7.7%	22.5%
45 to 54	11.6%	7.7%
55 to 64	13.3%	11.6%
65 to 74	14.7%	8.1%
75 and over	19.5%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sky Valley	Vista Santa Rosa
White (non-Hispanic)	52.6%	14.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.7%
Asian	1.1%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	45.1%	83.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sky Valley	Vista Santa Rosa
No high school diploma	15.8%	31.2%
High school graduate	30.5%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sky Valley	Vista Santa Rosa
Drove alone	76.7%	73.3%
Carpooled	7.3%	12.3%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.6%
Worked from home	15.0%	0.7%
Other means	0.0%	4.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sky Valley	Vista Santa Rosa
1-unit, detached	33.9%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	65.0%	17.7%

Poverty & households

	Sky Valley	Vista Santa Rosa
Poverty rate	17.9%	6.1%
Average household size	2.28	3.49
Mean commute (minutes)	31	26
Median year structure built	1984	1984