Rio Vista vs Suisun City

A side-by-side comparison of Rio Vista and Suisun City: population, income, housing, and more.

Rio Vista and Suisun City are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Suisun City has the higher population (29,205 vs 10,002 in Rio Vista). Suisun City has the higher median household income ($97,083 vs $86,970 in Rio Vista). Suisun City has the higher median home value ($551,000 vs $480,300 in Rio Vista).

Population, income & housing

	Rio Vista	Suisun City
Population	10,002	29,205
Median age	64.7 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$86,970	$97,083
Median home value	$480,300	$551,000
Median gross rent	$1,624	$2,151
Housing units	5,164	9,825
Homeownership rate	80.9%	60.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.4%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	11.4%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rio Vista	Suisun City
Population	8,947 → 10,002 (+11.8%)	29,488 → 29,205 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$69,604 → $86,970 (+24.9%)	$83,320 → $97,083 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$343,800 → $480,300 (+39.7%)	$357,500 → $551,000 (+54.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,368 → $1,624 (+18.7%)	$1,715 → $2,151 (+25.4%)

Rio Vista

Population

8,94710,002

Median household income

$69,604$86,970

Median home value

$343,800$480,300

Median gross rent

$1,368$1,624

Suisun City

Population

29,48829,205

Median household income

$83,320$97,083

Median home value

$357,500$551,000

Median gross rent

$1,715$2,151

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rio Vista	Suisun City
Under 5	2.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	6.2%	19.3%
18 to 24	3.5%	9.1%
25 to 34	11.6%	15.1%
35 to 44	4.3%	12.6%
45 to 54	6.1%	11.8%
55 to 64	17.0%	12.3%
65 to 74	23.3%	9.1%
75 and over	25.6%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rio Vista	Suisun City
White (non-Hispanic)	60.4%	21.3%
Black or African American	10.4%	20.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	6.7%	17.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.7%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	19.6%	31.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rio Vista	Suisun City
No high school diploma	7.9%	10.9%
High school graduate	14.9%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	41.8%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rio Vista	Suisun City
Drove alone	78.8%	80.8%
Carpooled	6.5%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	3.8%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	6.5%
Other means	1.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rio Vista	Suisun City
1-unit, detached	86.1%	78.6%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	6.2%
20 or more units	0.7%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Rio Vista	Suisun City
Poverty rate	8.0%	8.7%
Average household size	1.96	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	36	33
Median year structure built	2002	1984