Santa Ynez vs Vandenberg AFB

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

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

Santa Ynez has the higher population (4,725 vs 3,688 in Vandenberg AFB). Santa Ynez has the higher median household income ($117,500 vs $83,096 in Vandenberg AFB). Since 2019, Vandenberg AFB's population has grown faster (+8.9% vs +3.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Santa Ynez	Vandenberg AFB
Population	4,725	3,688
Median age	41.7 yrs	25.7 yrs
Median household income	$117,500	$83,096
Median home value	$1,121,000	—
Median gross rent	$2,740	$2,462
Housing units	1,934	1,192
Homeownership rate	68.1%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.1%	46.0%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Santa Ynez	Vandenberg AFB
Population	4,546 → 4,725 (+3.9%)	3,387 → 3,688 (+8.9%)
Median household income	$107,588 → $117,500 (+9.2%)	$69,911 → $83,096 (+18.9%)
Median home value	$854,300 → $1,121,000 (+31.2%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,425 → $2,740 (+92.3%)	$1,874 → $2,462 (+31.4%)

Santa Ynez

Population

4,5464,725

Median household income

$107,588$117,500

Median home value

$854,300$1,121,000

Median gross rent

$1,425$2,740

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)

	Santa Ynez	Vandenberg AFB
Under 5	5.2%	10.2%
5 to 17	13.7%	19.5%
18 to 24	13.0%	17.9%
25 to 34	10.8%	34.5%
35 to 44	11.6%	14.7%
45 to 54	12.3%	2.3%
55 to 64	12.0%	0.6%
65 to 74	11.5%	0.3%
75 and over	9.8%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Santa Ynez	Vandenberg AFB
White (non-Hispanic)	75.0%	58.5%
Black or African American	0.4%	10.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	1.1%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	11.3%
Hispanic or Latino	20.6%	14.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Santa Ynez	Vandenberg AFB
No high school diploma	7.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	15.1%	16.8%
Some college or associate's	42.0%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	28.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	17.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Santa Ynez	Vandenberg AFB
Drove alone	73.8%	73.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	2.1%	6.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	3.5%
Worked from home	23.8%	6.9%
Other means	0.2%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Santa Ynez	Vandenberg AFB
1-unit, detached	88.3%	98.2%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.5%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Santa Ynez	Vandenberg AFB
Poverty rate	11.3%	2.1%
Average household size	2.72	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	29	11
Median year structure built	1975	1998