Vacaville vs Vallejo

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

Vacaville 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 102,085 in Vacaville). Vacaville has the higher median household income ($108,580 vs $89,496 in Vallejo). Vacaville has the higher median home value ($596,700 vs $557,500 in Vallejo).

Population, income & housing

	Vacaville	Vallejo
Population	102,085	124,637
Median age	38.1 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$108,580	$89,496
Median home value	$596,700	$557,500
Median gross rent	$2,227	$2,013
Housing units	36,173	46,395
Homeownership rate	67.4%	58.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.6%	27.9%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Vacaville	Vallejo
Population	98,875 → 102,085 (+3.2%)	121,267 → 124,637 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$87,823 → $108,580 (+23.6%)	$69,405 → $89,496 (+28.9%)
Median home value	$422,400 → $596,700 (+41.3%)	$370,000 → $557,500 (+50.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,641 → $2,227 (+35.7%)	$1,532 → $2,013 (+31.4%)

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

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)

	Vacaville	Vallejo
Under 5	5.8%	5.5%
5 to 17	16.3%	15.2%
18 to 24	7.9%	8.1%
25 to 34	15.4%	13.9%
35 to 44	14.6%	14.3%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.1%
55 to 64	13.1%	14.0%
65 to 74	9.6%	10.8%
75 and over	5.8%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Vacaville	Vallejo
White (non-Hispanic)	45.9%	21.6%
Black or African American	8.5%	17.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.3%
Asian	10.4%	22.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.9%
Some other race	0.6%	1.3%
Two or more races	7.1%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	26.7%	30.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Vacaville	Vallejo
No high school diploma	8.5%	12.5%
High school graduate	24.9%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Vacaville	Vallejo
Drove alone	78.3%	70.5%
Carpooled	7.2%	12.6%
Public transit	0.6%	3.7%
Walked	1.2%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.2%
Worked from home	11.7%	10.0%
Other means	0.6%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Vacaville	Vallejo
1-unit, detached	72.4%	68.2%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	7.3%
20 or more units	7.0%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Vacaville	Vallejo
Poverty rate	7.5%	12.0%
Average household size	2.79	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	28	36
Median year structure built	1985	1975