Oceanside vs Vista

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

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

Oceanside has the higher population (172,542 vs 98,646 in Vista). Oceanside has the higher median household income ($93,724 vs $91,854 in Vista). Oceanside has the higher median home value ($702,000 vs $674,400 in Vista).

Population, income & housing

	Oceanside	Vista
Population	172,542	98,646
Median age	38.1 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$93,724	$91,854
Median home value	$702,000	$674,400
Median gross rent	$2,207	$2,148
Housing units	66,744	32,589
Homeownership rate	58.5%	49.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.3%	27.2%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oceanside	Vista
Population	175,622 → 172,542 (-1.8%)	100,686 → 98,646 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$72,697 → $93,724 (+28.9%)	$72,125 → $91,854 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$492,600 → $702,000 (+42.5%)	$480,900 → $674,400 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,753 → $2,207 (+25.9%)	$1,669 → $2,148 (+28.7%)

Oceanside

Population

175,622172,542

Median household income

$72,697$93,724

Median home value

$492,600$702,000

Median gross rent

$1,753$2,207

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)

	Oceanside	Vista
Under 5	5.8%	6.2%
5 to 17	15.4%	18.4%
18 to 24	8.7%	9.9%
25 to 34	15.7%	15.6%
35 to 44	13.4%	15.1%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.7%
55 to 64	13.4%	9.6%
65 to 74	9.1%	7.6%
75 and over	6.8%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oceanside	Vista
White (non-Hispanic)	43.3%	36.7%
Black or African American	3.9%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	7.2%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.8%
Some other race	0.7%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.8%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	38.5%	49.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oceanside	Vista
No high school diploma	13.5%	18.7%
High school graduate	18.8%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.2%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oceanside	Vista
Drove alone	71.4%	75.7%
Carpooled	7.9%	7.4%
Public transit	2.1%	1.0%
Walked	1.1%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	14.8%	13.2%
Other means	2.4%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oceanside	Vista
1-unit, detached	52.2%	48.9%
1-unit, attached	12.5%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	14.1%	20.2%
20 or more units	9.3%	11.4%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Oceanside	Vista
Poverty rate	8.1%	10.2%
Average household size	2.79	3.07
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1984	1984