Mission Canyon vs Vandenberg AFB

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

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

Vandenberg AFB has the higher population (3,688 vs 2,296 in Mission Canyon). Mission Canyon has the higher median household income ($211,375 vs $83,096 in Vandenberg AFB). Since 2019, Vandenberg AFB's population has grown faster (+8.9% vs -8.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Mission Canyon	Vandenberg AFB
Population	2,296	3,688
Median age	50.0 yrs	25.7 yrs
Median household income	$211,375	$83,096
Median home value	$1,890,900	—
Median gross rent	$3,501	$2,462
Housing units	1,004	1,192
Homeownership rate	72.7%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	73.7%	46.0%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mission Canyon	Vandenberg AFB
Population	2,508 → 2,296 (-8.5%)	3,387 → 3,688 (+8.9%)
Median household income	$135,972 → $211,375 (+55.5%)	$69,911 → $83,096 (+18.9%)
Median home value	$1,165,900 → $1,890,900 (+62.2%)	—
Median gross rent	$2,181 → $3,501 (+60.5%)	$1,874 → $2,462 (+31.4%)

Mission Canyon

Population

2,5082,296

Median household income

$135,972$211,375

Median home value

$1,165,900$1,890,900

Median gross rent

$2,181$3,501

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)

	Mission Canyon	Vandenberg AFB
Under 5	5.8%	10.2%
5 to 17	11.6%	19.5%
18 to 24	5.0%	17.9%
25 to 34	11.2%	34.5%
35 to 44	10.8%	14.7%
45 to 54	15.9%	2.3%
55 to 64	16.7%	0.6%
65 to 74	14.1%	0.3%
75 and over	9.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mission Canyon	Vandenberg AFB
White (non-Hispanic)	75.7%	58.5%
Black or African American	3.3%	10.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	1.2%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.6%	11.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.2%	14.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mission Canyon	Vandenberg AFB
No high school diploma	4.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	3.6%	16.8%
Some college or associate's	18.0%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	41.5%	28.2%
Graduate or professional degree	32.2%	17.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mission Canyon	Vandenberg AFB
Drove alone	53.1%	73.4%
Carpooled	3.3%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	3.8%	6.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.5%
Worked from home	38.0%	6.9%
Other means	1.8%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mission Canyon	Vandenberg AFB
1-unit, detached	92.1%	98.2%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mission Canyon	Vandenberg AFB
Poverty rate	2.9%	2.1%
Average household size	2.56	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	14	11
Median year structure built	1956	1998