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Total population: 90,131 (Urban population: 90,081, Rural population: 50 (all nonfarm))
Houses: 29,937 (28,993 occupied: 15,620 owner occupied, 13,373 renter occupied)
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $194,000
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2000: $764
Median gross rent in Vista, CA in 2000: $788
Housing units in Vista with a mortgage: 10,480 (1,619 second mortgage, 852 home equity loan, 32 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Vista, California:
1 room: 110
2 rooms: 354
3 rooms: 1022
4 rooms: 1649
5 rooms: 3675
6 rooms: 3920
7 rooms: 2728
8 rooms: 1509
9 or more rooms: 653
1 room: 918
2 rooms: 2413
3 rooms: 2663
4 rooms: 3937
5 rooms: 2072
6 rooms: 864
7 rooms: 312
8 rooms: 133
9 or more rooms: 61
1999 to March 2000: 220
1995 to 1998: 1193
1990 to 1994: 3031
1980 to 1989: 10571
1970 to 1979: 6745
1960 to 1969: 4088
1950 to 1959: 2621
1940 to 1949: 857
1939 or earlier: 611
no bedroom: 236
1 bedrooms: 851
2 bedrooms: 4003
3 bedrooms: 7118
4 bedrooms: 3078
5 or more bedrooms: 334
no bedroom: 1179
1 bedrooms: 4486
2 bedrooms: 5585
3 bedrooms: 1815
4 bedrooms: 291
5 or more bedrooms: 17
no vehicle: 530
1 vehicle: 4213
2 vehicles: 7161
3 vehicles: 2629
4 vehicles: 828
5 or more vehicles: 259
no vehicle: 1496
1 vehicle: 6197
2 vehicles: 4430
3 vehicles: 952
4 vehicles: 224
5 or more vehicles: 74
Less than $10,000: 0
$10,000 to $14,999: 0
$15,000 to $19,999: 16
$20,000 to $24,999: 9
$25,000 to $29,999: 16
$30,000 to $34,999: 12
$35,000 to $39,999: 0
$40,000 to $49,999: 8
$50,000 to $59,999: 6
$60,000 to $69,999: 25
$70,000 to $79,999: 49
$80,000 to $89,999: 51
$90,000 to $99,999: 126
$100,000 to $124,999: 908
$125,000 to $149,999: 1288
$150,000 to $174,999: 1874
$175,000 to $199,999: 1933
$200,000 to $249,999: 3378
$250,000 to $299,999: 1690
$300,000 to $399,999: 1092
$400,000 to $499,999: 153
$500,000 to $749,999: 119
$750,000 to $999,999: 95
$1,000,000 or more: 9
Less than $100: 107
$100 to $149: 18
$150 to $199: 35
$200 to $249: 48
$250 to $299: 81
$300 to $349: 98
$350 to $399: 218
$400 to $449: 303
$450 to $499: 426
$500 to $549: 536
$550 to $599: 811
$600 to $649: 1119
$650 to $699: 1438
$700 to $749: 1714
$750 to $799: 1749
$800 to $899: 2115
$900 to $999: 1110
$1,000 to $1,249: 760
$1,250 to $1,499: 250
$1,500 to $1,999: 125
$2,000 or more: 71
No cash rent: 241
Household type by relationship
In family households: 77222 (15785 male householders, 5229 female householders)
15737 spouses, 29093 children (26891 natural, 539 adopted, 1663 stepchildren), 1430 grandchildren, 1347 brothers or sisters, 811 parents, 3480 other relatives, 4310 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 10609 (3854 male householders (2541 living alone)), 4032 female householders (3325 living alone)), 2723 nonrelatives In group quarters: 2300 (1218 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 7063 2-persons, 4281 3-persons, 4145 4-persons, 2629 5-persons, 1182 6-persons, 1714 7-or-more-persons
Size of nonfamily households: 5866 1-person, 1589 2-persons, 304 3-persons, 87 4-persons, 30 5-persons, 8 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons
Year of entry for the foreign-born population (22030 people)
1995 to March 2000: 4266
1990 to 1994: 4176
1985 to 1989: 4843
1980 to 1984: 2847
1975 to 1979: 2027
1970 to 1974: 1133
1965 to 1969: 774
Before 1965: 1964
Number of people working at home: 1220 (3.2% of all workers)
Travel time to work
Less than 5 minutes: 758
5 to 9 minutes: 2848
10 to 14 minutes: 4762
15 to 19 minutes: 7019
20 to 24 minutes: 6493
25 to 29 minutes: 2091
30 to 34 minutes: 4971
35 to 39 minutes: 696
40 to 44 minutes: 1297
45 to 59 minutes: 3117
60 to 89 minutes: 2279
90 or more minutes: 982
Household income:
Less than $10,000: 1729
$10,000 to $14,999: 1444
$15,000 to $19,999: 1700
$20,000 to $24,999: 2037
$25,000 to $29,999: 2031
$30,000 to $34,999: 2315
$35,000 to $39,999: 1926
$40,000 to $44,999: 1962
$45,000 to $49,999: 1596
$50,000 to $59,999: 2894
$60,000 to $74,999: 3212
$75,000 to $99,999: 3072
$100,000 to $124,999: 1430
$125,000 to $149,999: 608
$150,000 to $199,999: 516
$200,000 or more: 428
First ancestries reported:
Other groups: 40304
German: 7121
Irish: 4973
English: 4918
United States or American: 3185
Italian: 2870
French (except Basque): 1418
Norwegian: 1096
Scottish: 1042
Polish: 952
Scotch-Irish: 845
Swedish: 770
Dutch: 719
Russian: 479
European: 427
Arab:: 422
French Canadian: 388
British: 361
Greek: 308
Portuguese: 266
Danish: 263
Canadian: 251
Welsh: 239
Czech: 221
Subsaharan African:: 199
Yugoslavian: 187
Scandinavian: 185
African: 184
Iranian: 169
Finnish: 168
Lebanese: 167
Hungarian: 164
Arab/Arabic: 163
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 132
Swiss: 132
Austrian: 122
Lithuanian: 119
Croatian: 98
Ukrainian: 85
Czechoslovakian: 74
Belgian: 72
Jamaican: 60
Brazilian: 56
Serbian: 54
Slovak: 54
Armenian: 48
Haitian: 43
Romanian: 42
Basque: 42
Latvian: 36
Northern European: 34
Slavic: 29
Eastern European: 29
Syrian: 28
Egyptian: 28
Icelander: 26
Macedonian: 22
Pennsylvania German: 22
Celtic: 21
West Indian: 21
Afghan: 19
Ethiopian: 15
Slovene: 14
Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 11
Palestinian: 11
Australian: 10
Jordanian: 10
Moroccan: 8
Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 8
Iraqi: 7
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 41816
Northeast: 5473
Midwest: 8892
South: 6543
West: 4230
44% of Vista residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 970
Nursery to 4th grade: 508
5th and 6th grade: 1,345
7th and 8th grade: 651
9th grade: 621
10th grade: 525
11th grade: 516
12th grade, no diploma: 1,370
High school graduate (or equivalency): 5,484
Less than 1 year of college: 1,943
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 4,872
Associate degree: 1,801
Bachelor's degree: 3,420
Master's degree: 1,243
Professional school degree: 400
Doctorate degree: 284
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 1,059
Nursery to 4th grade: 447
5th and 6th grade: 1,269
7th and 8th grade: 650
9th grade: 663
10th grade: 558
11th grade: 585
12th grade, no diploma: 1,058
High school graduate (or equivalency): 6,249
Less than 1 year of college: 2,566
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 4,828
Associate degree: 2,067
Bachelor's degree: 3,549
Master's degree: 1,045
Professional school degree: 372
Doctorate degree: 86
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 6.1%
Unemployment rate for Black males: 10.4%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for Asian males: 9.2%
Unemployment rate for other race males: 6.4%
Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 8.6%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 7.2%
Median household income in 1999 for:
White non-Hispanic householders: $47,539
Black householders: $36,679
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $34,922
Asian householders: $45,225
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $38,162
Some other householders: $34,637
Two or more householders: $41,404
Median household income in 1999, Hispanic or Latino race: $36,234
Median house value for:
White Non-Hispanic householders: $210,400
Black or African American householders: $191,700
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $186,500
Asian householders: $230,100
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $134,700
Some other race householders: $155,400
Two or more races householders: $194,100
Hispanic or Latino householders: $165,000
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 14,680
One, attached: 2,037
Two: 619
3 or 4: 1,530
5 to 9: 2,468
10 to 19: 2,175
20 to 49: 1,487
50 or more: 2,803
Mobile homes: 2,052
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 86
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,000
