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Vista, CA
99,322 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0682996 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Vista ranked #234 of 340 cities and 8th of 14 in its peer group, on 7 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Vista and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Rialto CA, El Cajon CA, Richmond CA, Pasadena CA, West Covina CA, Costa Mesa CA, Hesperia CA, Santa Maria CA, Escondido CA, Ontario CA, Menifee CA, West Valley City UT, Downey CA · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #234 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #253 | #105 | #250 | #266 | #310 | #285 | #189 | #142 | #139 | #87 | #100 | #186 | #230 | #193 | #111 | #83 | #228 | #214 | #234 | #169 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 91,324 | 91,100 | 91,503 | 92,411 | 93,152 | 93,401 | 94,355 | 95,307 | 96,211 | 96,999 | 99,623 | 100,746 | 100,740 | 100,784 | 101,638 | 98,833 | 99,221 | 99,269 | 99,031 | 99,322 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #259 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group | -1.2 | -1.3 | -0.4 | +0.0 | -0.1 | — | +0.0 | -0.0 | -0.0 | +0.0 | -0.3 | -0.3 | -0.5 | -0.3 | -0.6 | -0.1 | -1.2 | -0.5 | -0.9 | -0.7 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #165 of 271 cities with data · 5th of 11 in its peer group with data | 1.5 | 1.2 | — | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 7.8 | 4.1 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.2 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #234 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group | 27.2% | 27.3% | 26.9% | 26.0% | 27.9% | 32.3% | 33.4% | 33.5% | 31.1% | 29.8% | 26.5% | 28.2% | 28.3% | 26.0% | 26.4% | — | 27.0% | 28.4% | 29.2% | 26.2% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #62 of 304 cities with data · 3rd of 9 in its peer group with data | 4.4 | 1.1 | 4.4 | 1.1 | — | 5.4 | — | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 2.0 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #42 of 295 cities with data · 2nd of 9 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19.1 | 20.2 | 18.1 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 32,482 | 33,777 | 32,593 | 31,689 | 29,543 | 30,264 | 31,294 | 30,196 | 31,377 | 32,218 | 34,299 | 33,849 | 34,555 | 34,818 | 35,276 | 33,307 | 32,722 | 34,937 | 34,985 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #265 of 329 cities with data · 12th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -1.6 | +2.5 | -3.2 | -4.4 | -2.2 | -0.7 | +1.9 | -3.2 | +1.5 | +0.0 | +4.2 | -4.8 | +0.2 | -1.3 | +0.6 | +0.1 | -2.7 | -1.2 | -1.6 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 36,444 | 37,873 | 42,465 | 45,763 | 48,648 | 50,657 | 51,304 | 52,888 | 52,878 | — | 49,930 | 50,005 | 50,284 | 55,475 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #209 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8.5% | 7.0% | 5.3% | 5.3% | 6.1% | 3.2% | 3.9% | 3.8% | 4.1% | — | 9.8% | 6.3% | 4.0% | 5.4% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #337 of 340 cities · 14th of 14 in its peer group · 2022 | 19% | 23% | 27% | 4% | 15% | 15% | 24% | 35% | 10% | — | — | — | -12% | — | — | — | — | -39% | — | — | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #76 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group · 2022 | $1,869 | $1,793 | $1,704 | $3,312 | $3,240 | $3,681 | $3,717 | $3,521 | $3,529 | — | — | — | $2,831 | — | — | — | — | $1,260 | — | — |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Vista. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.