Buellton vs Vandenberg AFB

A side-by-side comparison of Buellton and Vandenberg AFB: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Buellton has the higher population (5,090 vs 3,688 in Vandenberg AFB). Buellton has the higher median household income ($96,028 vs $83,096 in Vandenberg AFB). Since 2019, Vandenberg AFB's population has grown faster (+8.9% vs +0.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Buellton	Vandenberg AFB
Population	5,090	3,688
Median age	37.6 yrs	25.7 yrs
Median household income	$96,028	$83,096
Median home value	$704,200	—
Median gross rent	$2,196	$2,462
Housing units	2,230	1,192
Homeownership rate	60.6%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.1%	46.0%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buellton	Vandenberg AFB
Population	5,082 → 5,090 (+0.2%)	3,387 → 3,688 (+8.9%)
Median household income	$93,099 → $96,028 (+3.1%)	$69,911 → $83,096 (+18.9%)
Median home value	$522,900 → $704,200 (+34.7%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,760 → $2,196 (+24.8%)	$1,874 → $2,462 (+31.4%)

Buellton

Population

5,0825,090

Median household income

$93,099$96,028

Median home value

$522,900$704,200

Median gross rent

$1,760$2,196

Vandenberg AFB

Population

3,3873,688

Median household income

$69,911$83,096

Median gross rent

$1,874$2,462

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buellton	Vandenberg AFB
Under 5	9.5%	10.2%
5 to 17	14.1%	19.5%
18 to 24	4.9%	17.9%
25 to 34	15.6%	34.5%
35 to 44	17.2%	14.7%
45 to 54	10.5%	2.3%
55 to 64	15.2%	0.6%
65 to 74	6.8%	0.3%
75 and over	6.2%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buellton	Vandenberg AFB
White (non-Hispanic)	72.2%	58.5%
Black or African American	0.3%	10.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	0.6%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.7%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	11.3%
Hispanic or Latino	23.7%	14.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buellton	Vandenberg AFB
No high school diploma	6.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	13.0%	16.8%
Some college or associate's	41.0%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.2%	28.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	17.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buellton	Vandenberg AFB
Drove alone	75.2%	73.4%
Carpooled	9.7%	8.3%
Public transit	1.3%	1.1%
Walked	1.0%	6.8%
Bicycle	0.5%	3.5%
Worked from home	10.6%	6.9%
Other means	1.6%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buellton	Vandenberg AFB
1-unit, detached	53.7%	98.2%
1-unit, attached	14.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.3%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	16.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Buellton	Vandenberg AFB
Poverty rate	2.9%	2.1%
Average household size	2.63	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	30	11
Median year structure built	1993	1998