Dixon vs Vallejo

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

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

Vallejo has the higher population (124,637 vs 19,158 in Dixon). Dixon has the higher median household income ($98,798 vs $89,496 in Vallejo). Dixon has the higher median home value ($575,600 vs $557,500 in Vallejo).

Population, income & housing

	Dixon	Vallejo
Population	19,158	124,637
Median age	34.2 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$98,798	$89,496
Median home value	$575,600	$557,500
Median gross rent	$1,728	$2,013
Housing units	6,985	46,395
Homeownership rate	59.3%	58.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	27.9%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dixon	Vallejo
Population	20,084 → 19,158 (-4.6%)	121,267 → 124,637 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$82,570 → $98,798 (+19.7%)	$69,405 → $89,496 (+28.9%)
Median home value	$385,400 → $575,600 (+49.4%)	$370,000 → $557,500 (+50.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,426 → $1,728 (+21.2%)	$1,532 → $2,013 (+31.4%)

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

Vallejo

Population

121,267124,637

Median household income

$69,405$89,496

Median home value

$370,000$557,500

Median gross rent

$1,532$2,013

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dixon	Vallejo
Under 5	6.2%	5.5%
5 to 17	19.0%	15.2%
18 to 24	9.9%	8.1%
25 to 34	15.9%	13.9%
35 to 44	12.0%	14.3%
45 to 54	11.9%	12.1%
55 to 64	11.0%	14.0%
65 to 74	9.7%	10.8%
75 and over	4.4%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dixon	Vallejo
White (non-Hispanic)	46.5%	21.6%
Black or African American	1.5%	17.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	3.5%	22.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.9%
Some other race	0.3%	1.3%
Two or more races	4.6%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	43.6%	30.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dixon	Vallejo
No high school diploma	16.1%	12.5%
High school graduate	27.3%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dixon	Vallejo
Drove alone	82.4%	70.5%
Carpooled	7.3%	12.6%
Public transit	0.2%	3.7%
Walked	0.8%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	8.3%	10.0%
Other means	1.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dixon	Vallejo
1-unit, detached	69.3%	68.2%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	7.3%
20 or more units	4.4%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Dixon	Vallejo
Poverty rate	8.4%	12.0%
Average household size	2.84	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	26	36
Median year structure built	1985	1975