Dixon vs Vacaville

A side-by-side comparison of Dixon and Vacaville: population, income, housing, and more.

Dixon and Vacaville are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Vacaville has the higher population (102,085 vs 19,158 in Dixon). Vacaville has the higher median household income ($108,580 vs $98,798 in Dixon). Vacaville has the higher median home value ($596,700 vs $575,600 in Dixon).

Population, income & housing

	Dixon	Vacaville
Population	19,158	102,085
Median age	34.2 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$98,798	$108,580
Median home value	$575,600	$596,700
Median gross rent	$1,728	$2,227
Housing units	6,985	36,173
Homeownership rate	59.3%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dixon	Vacaville
Population	20,084 → 19,158 (-4.6%)	98,875 → 102,085 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$82,570 → $98,798 (+19.7%)	$87,823 → $108,580 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$385,400 → $575,600 (+49.4%)	$422,400 → $596,700 (+41.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,426 → $1,728 (+21.2%)	$1,641 → $2,227 (+35.7%)

Dixon

Population

20,08419,158

Median household income

$82,570$98,798

Median home value

$385,400$575,600

Median gross rent

$1,426$1,728

Vacaville

Population

98,875102,085

Median household income

$87,823$108,580

Median home value

$422,400$596,700

Median gross rent

$1,641$2,227

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dixon	Vacaville
Under 5	6.2%	5.8%
5 to 17	19.0%	16.3%
18 to 24	9.9%	7.9%
25 to 34	15.9%	15.4%
35 to 44	12.0%	14.6%
45 to 54	11.9%	11.4%
55 to 64	11.0%	13.1%
65 to 74	9.7%	9.6%
75 and over	4.4%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dixon	Vacaville
White (non-Hispanic)	46.5%	45.9%
Black or African American	1.5%	8.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	3.5%	10.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.6%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	43.6%	26.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dixon	Vacaville
No high school diploma	16.1%	8.5%
High school graduate	27.3%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dixon	Vacaville
Drove alone	82.4%	78.3%
Carpooled	7.3%	7.2%
Public transit	0.2%	0.6%
Walked	0.8%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	8.3%	11.7%
Other means	1.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dixon	Vacaville
1-unit, detached	69.3%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	7.8%
20 or more units	4.4%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Dixon	Vacaville
Poverty rate	8.4%	7.5%
Average household size	2.84	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1985	1985