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The median home value in Vista, CA is $879,716 as of 2026-07-31, up 0.49% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$879,716
Year-over-Year
+0.49%
Population
98,290
Vista ranks #154 of 396 California cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 14.9% above the state's city median of $765,555. It sits in San Diego County, where the county-wide median is $934,169.
Median household income in Vista is $94,975, so the typical home value is about 9.3× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.
Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).
Vista police recorded a violent crime rate of 316 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 864 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Vista, that value is $879,716. That's up 0.49% from a year earlier. It is about 14.9% above the typical California city tracked here.
Homes in Vista are cheaper than San Diego County as a whole, where the median is $934,169 — a difference of about 5.8%.
Median household income here is $94,975, so the typical home value is about 9.3× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Vista police reported 316 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 98,290. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.