Suisun City vs Vallejo

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

Suisun City 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 29,205 in Suisun City). Suisun City has the higher median household income ($97,083 vs $89,496 in Vallejo). Vallejo has the higher median home value ($557,500 vs $551,000 in Suisun City).

Population, income & housing

	Suisun City	Vallejo
Population	29,205	124,637
Median age	35.5 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$97,083	$89,496
Median home value	$551,000	$557,500
Median gross rent	$2,151	$2,013
Housing units	9,825	46,395
Homeownership rate	60.7%	58.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	27.9%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Suisun City	Vallejo
Population	29,488 → 29,205 (-1.0%)	121,267 → 124,637 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$83,320 → $97,083 (+16.5%)	$69,405 → $89,496 (+28.9%)
Median home value	$357,500 → $551,000 (+54.1%)	$370,000 → $557,500 (+50.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,715 → $2,151 (+25.4%)	$1,532 → $2,013 (+31.4%)

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

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)

	Suisun City	Vallejo
Under 5	5.6%	5.5%
5 to 17	19.3%	15.2%
18 to 24	9.1%	8.1%
25 to 34	15.1%	13.9%
35 to 44	12.6%	14.3%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.1%
55 to 64	12.3%	14.0%
65 to 74	9.1%	10.8%
75 and over	5.0%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Suisun City	Vallejo
White (non-Hispanic)	21.3%	21.6%
Black or African American	20.3%	17.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.3%
Asian	17.3%	22.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.0%	0.9%
Some other race	0.7%	1.3%
Two or more races	7.6%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	31.1%	30.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Suisun City	Vallejo
No high school diploma	10.9%	12.5%
High school graduate	31.8%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Suisun City	Vallejo
Drove alone	80.8%	70.5%
Carpooled	9.6%	12.6%
Public transit	1.1%	3.7%
Walked	1.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	6.5%	10.0%
Other means	0.9%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Suisun City	Vallejo
1-unit, detached	78.6%	68.2%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	7.3%
20 or more units	6.0%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Suisun City	Vallejo
Poverty rate	8.7%	12.0%
Average household size	3.04	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	33	36
Median year structure built	1984	1975