Buena Vista, CA population, income and ZIP codes

Buena Vista CDP is a very small community in California, with 624 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #1177 of 1,618 ranked by population — larger than 27% of them. The median age here is 34.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Buena Vista CDP earn a median of $88,664 a year, 12.9% above the national figure of $78,538 and 3% below the $91,111 median for the 1,050 California cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 3.1% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Buena Vista CDP is valued at $225,000, 25.8% below the national figure and 62% below the $589,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,432 a month, 1.8% above the national figure, or roughly $17,184 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.4% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 67.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

With 624 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Buena Vista CDP against its county rather than against national figures.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.