Encinitas vs Vista

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

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

Vista has the higher population (98,646 vs 61,585 in Encinitas). Encinitas has the higher median household income ($150,471 vs $91,854 in Vista). Encinitas has the higher median home value ($1,466,000 vs $674,400 in Vista).

Population, income & housing

	Encinitas	Vista
Population	61,585	98,646
Median age	43.0 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$150,471	$91,854
Median home value	$1,466,000	$674,400
Median gross rent	$2,730	$2,148
Housing units	26,209	32,589
Homeownership rate	66.4%	49.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.1%	27.2%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Encinitas	Vista
Population	62,780 → 61,585 (-1.9%)	100,686 → 98,646 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$116,022 → $150,471 (+29.7%)	$72,125 → $91,854 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$947,700 → $1,466,000 (+54.7%)	$480,900 → $674,400 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,980 → $2,730 (+37.9%)	$1,669 → $2,148 (+28.7%)

Encinitas

Population

62,78061,585

Median household income

$116,022$150,471

Median home value

$947,700$1,466,000

Median gross rent

$1,980$2,730

Vista

Population

100,68698,646

Median household income

$72,125$91,854

Median home value

$480,900$674,400

Median gross rent

$1,669$2,148

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Encinitas	Vista
Under 5	5.5%	6.2%
5 to 17	14.9%	18.4%
18 to 24	5.1%	9.9%
25 to 34	12.5%	15.6%
35 to 44	14.4%	15.1%
45 to 54	13.3%	12.7%
55 to 64	13.9%	9.6%
65 to 74	12.8%	7.6%
75 and over	7.5%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Encinitas	Vista
White (non-Hispanic)	73.9%	36.7%
Black or African American	0.6%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.4%
Asian	4.4%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.8%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.8%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	15.7%	49.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Encinitas	Vista
No high school diploma	4.7%	18.7%
High school graduate	8.3%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	20.0%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	38.9%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	28.1%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Encinitas	Vista
Drove alone	61.7%	75.7%
Carpooled	5.5%	7.4%
Public transit	0.6%	1.0%
Walked	1.4%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.1%
Worked from home	28.7%	13.2%
Other means	1.2%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Encinitas	Vista
1-unit, detached	56.7%	48.9%
1-unit, attached	18.1%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	20.2%
20 or more units	7.5%	11.4%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Encinitas	Vista
Poverty rate	7.3%	10.2%
Average household size	2.53	3.07
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1980	1984