Guadalupe vs Vandenberg Village

A side-by-side comparison of Guadalupe and Vandenberg Village: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Guadalupe has the higher population (8,422 vs 6,793 in Vandenberg Village). Vandenberg Village has the higher median household income ($104,714 vs $71,048 in Guadalupe). Vandenberg Village has the higher median home value ($577,500 vs $452,100 in Guadalupe).

Population, income & housing

	Guadalupe	Vandenberg Village
Population	8,422	6,793
Median age	28.4 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$71,048	$104,714
Median home value	$452,100	$577,500
Median gross rent	$1,674	$2,272
Housing units	2,281	2,761
Homeownership rate	56.5%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	11.9%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Guadalupe	Vandenberg Village
Population	7,451 → 8,422 (+13.0%)	8,114 → 6,793 (-16.3%)
Median household income	$50,864 → $71,048 (+39.7%)	$91,618 → $104,714 (+14.3%)
Median home value	$257,100 → $452,100 (+75.8%)	$391,000 → $577,500 (+47.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,209 → $1,674 (+38.5%)	$1,798 → $2,272 (+26.4%)

Guadalupe

Population

7,4518,422

Median household income

$50,864$71,048

Median home value

$257,100$452,100

Median gross rent

$1,209$1,674

Vandenberg Village

Population

8,1146,793

Median household income

$91,618$104,714

Median home value

$391,000$577,500

Median gross rent

$1,798$2,272

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Guadalupe	Vandenberg Village
Under 5	12.2%	4.0%
5 to 17	25.8%	16.6%
18 to 24	8.3%	9.0%
25 to 34	13.3%	9.5%
35 to 44	13.2%	11.9%
45 to 54	8.8%	10.9%
55 to 64	10.3%	16.2%
65 to 74	5.0%	10.2%
75 and over	3.2%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Guadalupe	Vandenberg Village
White (non-Hispanic)	7.2%	61.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	2.7%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	88.9%	31.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Guadalupe	Vandenberg Village
No high school diploma	42.9%	5.9%
High school graduate	19.8%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Guadalupe	Vandenberg Village
Drove alone	78.3%	82.0%
Carpooled	15.5%	7.1%
Public transit	1.5%	1.1%
Walked	1.6%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	6.3%
Other means	0.3%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Guadalupe	Vandenberg Village
1-unit, detached	69.1%	82.2%
1-unit, attached	8.8%	9.9%
2 to 4 units	17.1%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	2.1%
20 or more units	1.7%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Guadalupe	Vandenberg Village
Poverty rate	28.3%	3.6%
Average household size	3.94	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1985	1969