Escondido vs Vista

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

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

Escondido has the higher population (149,913 vs 98,646 in Vista). Vista has the higher median household income ($91,854 vs $84,477 in Escondido). Vista has the higher median home value ($674,400 vs $663,500 in Escondido).

Population, income & housing

	Escondido	Vista
Population	149,913	98,646
Median age	37.1 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$84,477	$91,854
Median home value	$663,500	$674,400
Median gross rent	$1,922	$2,148
Housing units	52,662	32,589
Homeownership rate	52.2%	49.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.8%	27.2%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Escondido	Vista
Population	151,300 → 149,913 (-0.9%)	100,686 → 98,646 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$64,038 → $84,477 (+31.9%)	$72,125 → $91,854 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$450,200 → $663,500 (+47.4%)	$480,900 → $674,400 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,448 → $1,922 (+32.7%)	$1,669 → $2,148 (+28.7%)

Escondido

Population

151,300149,913

Median household income

$64,038$84,477

Median home value

$450,200$663,500

Median gross rent

$1,448$1,922

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)

	Escondido	Vista
Under 5	6.5%	6.2%
5 to 17	16.3%	18.4%
18 to 24	8.5%	9.9%
25 to 34	15.1%	15.6%
35 to 44	14.4%	15.1%
45 to 54	12.3%	12.7%
55 to 64	12.7%	9.6%
65 to 74	8.2%	7.6%
75 and over	6.0%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Escondido	Vista
White (non-Hispanic)	34.5%	36.7%
Black or African American	2.1%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	6.9%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.8%
Some other race	0.6%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.6%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	51.7%	49.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Escondido	Vista
No high school diploma	19.6%	18.7%
High school graduate	23.2%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Escondido	Vista
Drove alone	72.0%	75.7%
Carpooled	9.8%	7.4%
Public transit	1.5%	1.0%
Walked	1.6%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	12.8%	13.2%
Other means	1.9%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Escondido	Vista
1-unit, detached	50.9%	48.9%
1-unit, attached	7.4%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	20.2%
20 or more units	19.1%	11.4%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Escondido	Vista
Poverty rate	13.4%	10.2%
Average household size	2.90	3.07
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1981	1984