Toro Canyon vs Vandenberg AFB

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

Toro 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 1,736 in Toro Canyon). Toro Canyon has the higher median household income ($177,879 vs $83,096 in Vandenberg AFB). Since 2019, Vandenberg AFB's population has grown faster (+8.9% vs +0.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Toro Canyon	Vandenberg AFB
Population	1,736	3,688
Median age	65.9 yrs	25.7 yrs
Median household income	$177,879	$83,096
Median home value	$2,000,001	—
Median gross rent	$2,500	$2,462
Housing units	1,102	1,192
Homeownership rate	88.3%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.1%	46.0%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Toro Canyon	Vandenberg AFB
Population	1,728 → 1,736 (+0.5%)	3,387 → 3,688 (+8.9%)
Median household income	$141,136 → $177,879 (+26.0%)	$69,911 → $83,096 (+18.9%)
Median home value	$1,791,700 → $2,000,001 (+11.6%)	—
Median gross rent	$3,167 → $2,500 (-21.1%)	$1,874 → $2,462 (+31.4%)

Toro Canyon

Population

1,7281,736

Median household income

$141,136$177,879

Median home value

$1,791,700$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$3,167$2,500

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)

	Toro Canyon	Vandenberg AFB
Under 5	4.7%	10.2%
5 to 17	6.0%	19.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	17.9%
25 to 34	6.2%	34.5%
35 to 44	9.4%	14.7%
45 to 54	4.8%	2.3%
55 to 64	17.9%	0.6%
65 to 74	31.9%	0.3%
75 and over	19.1%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Toro Canyon	Vandenberg AFB
White (non-Hispanic)	67.3%	58.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	10.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	1.4%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.7%
Some other race	7.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	11.3%
Hispanic or Latino	18.3%	14.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Toro Canyon	Vandenberg AFB
No high school diploma	5.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	7.1%	16.8%
Some college or associate's	18.9%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.9%	28.2%
Graduate or professional degree	41.2%	17.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Toro Canyon	Vandenberg AFB
Drove alone	50.6%	73.4%
Carpooled	18.7%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	8.0%	6.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.5%
Worked from home	20.4%	6.9%
Other means	2.4%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Toro Canyon	Vandenberg AFB
1-unit, detached	82.8%	98.2%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.3%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Toro Canyon	Vandenberg AFB
Poverty rate	4.7%	2.1%
Average household size	2.05	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	30	11
Median year structure built	1979	1998