Vacaville is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 101,918 people and 22 associated neighborhoods, Vacaville is the 74th largest community in California. Housing costs in Vacaville are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in California.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Vacaville is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Vacaville is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Vacaville who work in office and administrative support (12.44%), sales jobs (10.17%), and management occupations (9.07%). There are quite a few people in the armed forces living in Vacaville, and when you visit or drive around town, you will see military people in and out of uniform, shopping, enjoying life, and being part of the community. Also of interest is that Vacaville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.69% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. In terms of college education, Vacaville is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 26.35% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Vacaville in 2022 was $44,147, which is middle income relative to California, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $176,588 for a family of four. However, Vacaville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Vacaville is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Vacaville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Vacaville residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Vacaville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 26.10% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Vacaville include European, German, Irish, English, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Vacaville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
