Suisun City vs Vacaville

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

Suisun City 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 29,205 in Suisun City). Vacaville has the higher median household income ($108,580 vs $97,083 in Suisun City). Vacaville has the higher median home value ($596,700 vs $551,000 in Suisun City).

Population, income & housing

	Suisun City	Vacaville
Population	29,205	102,085
Median age	35.5 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$97,083	$108,580
Median home value	$551,000	$596,700
Median gross rent	$2,151	$2,227
Housing units	9,825	36,173
Homeownership rate	60.7%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Suisun City	Vacaville
Population	29,488 → 29,205 (-1.0%)	98,875 → 102,085 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$83,320 → $97,083 (+16.5%)	$87,823 → $108,580 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$357,500 → $551,000 (+54.1%)	$422,400 → $596,700 (+41.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,715 → $2,151 (+25.4%)	$1,641 → $2,227 (+35.7%)

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

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)

	Suisun City	Vacaville
Under 5	5.6%	5.8%
5 to 17	19.3%	16.3%
18 to 24	9.1%	7.9%
25 to 34	15.1%	15.4%
35 to 44	12.6%	14.6%
45 to 54	11.8%	11.4%
55 to 64	12.3%	13.1%
65 to 74	9.1%	9.6%
75 and over	5.0%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Suisun City	Vacaville
White (non-Hispanic)	21.3%	45.9%
Black or African American	20.3%	8.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.3%
Asian	17.3%	10.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.7%	0.6%
Two or more races	7.6%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	31.1%	26.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Suisun City	Vacaville
No high school diploma	10.9%	8.5%
High school graduate	31.8%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Suisun City	Vacaville
Drove alone	80.8%	78.3%
Carpooled	9.6%	7.2%
Public transit	1.1%	0.6%
Walked	1.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	6.5%	11.7%
Other means	0.9%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Suisun City	Vacaville
1-unit, detached	78.6%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	7.8%
20 or more units	6.0%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Suisun City	Vacaville
Poverty rate	8.7%	7.5%
Average household size	3.04	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	33	28
Median year structure built	1984	1985