Isla Vista vs Vandenberg Village

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

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

Isla Vista has the higher population (13,717 vs 6,793 in Vandenberg Village). Vandenberg Village has the higher median household income ($104,714 vs $24,428 in Isla Vista). Isla Vista has the higher median home value ($1,241,700 vs $577,500 in Vandenberg Village).

Population, income & housing

	Isla Vista	Vandenberg Village
Population	13,717	6,793
Median age	21.2 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$24,428	$104,714
Median home value	$1,241,700	$577,500
Median gross rent	$1,856	$2,272
Housing units	5,166	2,761
Homeownership rate	1.0%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.8%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	17.1%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Isla Vista	Vandenberg Village
Population	27,707 → 13,717 (-50.5%)	8,114 → 6,793 (-16.3%)
Median household income	$24,545 → $24,428 (-0.5%)	$91,618 → $104,714 (+14.3%)
Median home value	$466,700 → $1,241,700 (+166.1%)	$391,000 → $577,500 (+47.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,503 → $1,856 (+23.5%)	$1,798 → $2,272 (+26.4%)

Isla Vista

Population

27,70713,717

Median household income

$24,545$24,428

Median home value

$466,700$1,241,700

Median gross rent

$1,503$1,856

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)

	Isla Vista	Vandenberg Village
Under 5	0.2%	4.0%
5 to 17	2.7%	16.6%
18 to 24	84.7%	9.0%
25 to 34	6.1%	9.5%
35 to 44	1.4%	11.9%
45 to 54	1.7%	10.9%
55 to 64	0.9%	16.2%
65 to 74	1.5%	10.2%
75 and over	0.9%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Isla Vista	Vandenberg Village
White (non-Hispanic)	53.2%	61.4%
Black or African American	4.8%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	14.9%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.2%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.3%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	23.3%	31.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Isla Vista	Vandenberg Village
No high school diploma	9.4%	5.9%
High school graduate	19.0%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	20.0%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Isla Vista	Vandenberg Village
Drove alone	50.6%	82.0%
Carpooled	4.6%	7.1%
Public transit	3.5%	1.1%
Walked	17.2%	2.4%
Bicycle	13.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	6.3%
Other means	2.8%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Isla Vista	Vandenberg Village
1-unit, detached	5.1%	82.2%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	9.9%
2 to 4 units	19.9%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	37.5%	2.1%
20 or more units	33.8%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Isla Vista	Vandenberg Village
Poverty rate	69.3%	3.6%
Average household size	2.61	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	16	23
Median year structure built	1975	1969