Mission Hills vs Vandenberg AFB

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

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

Mission Hills has the higher population (3,794 vs 3,688 in Vandenberg AFB). Mission Hills has the higher median household income ($106,455 vs $83,096 in Vandenberg AFB). Since 2019, Vandenberg AFB's population has grown faster (+8.9% vs -1.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Mission Hills	Vandenberg AFB
Population	3,794	3,688
Median age	44.9 yrs	25.7 yrs
Median household income	$106,455	$83,096
Median home value	$477,800	—
Median gross rent	$1,783	$2,462
Housing units	1,246	1,192
Homeownership rate	77.6%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%	46.0%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mission Hills	Vandenberg AFB
Population	3,842 → 3,794 (-1.2%)	3,387 → 3,688 (+8.9%)
Median household income	$86,296 → $106,455 (+23.4%)	$69,911 → $83,096 (+18.9%)
Median home value	$376,400 → $477,800 (+26.9%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,639 → $1,783 (+8.8%)	$1,874 → $2,462 (+31.4%)

Mission Hills

Population

3,8423,794

Median household income

$86,296$106,455

Median home value

$376,400$477,800

Median gross rent

$1,639$1,783

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 Hills	Vandenberg AFB
Under 5	0.4%	10.2%
5 to 17	24.3%	19.5%
18 to 24	4.6%	17.9%
25 to 34	7.4%	34.5%
35 to 44	13.4%	14.7%
45 to 54	10.9%	2.3%
55 to 64	22.6%	0.6%
65 to 74	7.7%	0.3%
75 and over	8.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mission Hills	Vandenberg AFB
White (non-Hispanic)	44.2%	58.5%
Black or African American	2.1%	10.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.9%
Asian	2.2%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.7%
Some other race	2.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.0%	11.3%
Hispanic or Latino	41.8%	14.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mission Hills	Vandenberg AFB
No high school diploma	10.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	25.2%	16.8%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	28.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	17.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mission Hills	Vandenberg AFB
Drove alone	66.3%	73.4%
Carpooled	11.3%	8.3%
Public transit	9.8%	1.1%
Walked	3.0%	6.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.5%
Worked from home	8.6%	6.9%
Other means	1.1%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mission Hills	Vandenberg AFB
1-unit, detached	98.9%	98.2%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mission Hills	Vandenberg AFB
Poverty rate	4.9%	2.1%
Average household size	3.04	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	26	11
Median year structure built	1970	1998