City safety & data profile

Chula VistaCA

Chula Vista, CA is a 266K-resident city in San Diego County with a median household income of $108,032.

San Diego County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Chula Vista, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Chula Vista has a population larger than 98% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $758,700, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

266K
Population (place)
Top 2%
By size
$108,032
Median income (place)
$758,700
Median home (place)
8.7%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Chula Vista

Chula Vista posts a median household income higher than 75% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Chula Vista area.

Top 25%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Chula Vista

Where Chula Vista income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$108,032 Top 25% higher than 75% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Chula Vista $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in CA

Population among 482 CA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Los Angeles is the largest CA city on this list; Alamo leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in CA

Median household income among the same 482-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Alamo posts the highest place-level median income in CA; Los Angeles is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Chula Vista, CA beyond the headline numbers

Chula Vista sits inside San Diego County, California, at roughly 32.64°N, -117.08°W. Population 265,757, $108,032 median household income. Median home value $758,700, median rent $2,229. Poverty rate 8.7%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Chula Vista, 4/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

At 8.7%, poverty in Chula Vista, CA runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

The median home in Chula Vista costs around 7.0 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

12.6% of Chula Vista workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, current asthma departs furthest from its peer median: 8.5% in Chula Vista, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,722 cities reporting that measure.

2.2% of Chula Vista workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Chula Vista from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
265,757
Chula Vista · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$108,032
+21% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$758,700
+83% vs avg
Median Age (place)
37.1
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (San Diego County): Chula Vista's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
3.3M+5%
Median Income
$106,268+69%
Median Home Value
$854,700+113%
Poverty Rate
10.3%-28%
Unemployment
5.8%-39%

Economics

Economics indicators for Chula Vista, CA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$2,229/mo
Poverty Rate
8.7% -30% vs avg
Unemployment 7.7%
Bachelor's Degree+ 33.2%
Work From Home 12.6%
Public Transit 2.2%

Population

White 25.7%
African American 5.2%
Asian 14.6%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
35.9%
High Blood Pressure
28%
Obesity
26.6%
Physical Inactivity
24.1%
Frequent Mental Distress
16%
Binge Drinking
15.7%
Frequent Physical Distress
12.6%
Lack of Health Insurance
12.4%
Diabetes
11.4%
Current Smoking
9.6%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 61.5%
Annual Checkup 72.1%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
8.5%
Coronary Heart Disease
4.9%
Stroke
2.8%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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Average Rating
4/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
SHARP CHULA VISTA MEDICAL CENTER
CHULA VISTA · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Chula Vista?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Chula Vista right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet CA-CHULA-VISTA · Chula Vista

Chula Vista: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Chula Vista; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse California state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Chula Vista, CA? ▼
Chula Vista, CA has a population of 265,757 people, located in San Diego County, California.
What is the median household income in Chula Vista? ▼
The median household income in Chula Vista, CA is $108,032 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 8.7%.
What is the median home value in Chula Vista? ▼
The median home value in Chula Vista, CA is $758,700. Median rent is $2,229/month.
What are the top health concerns in Chula Vista? ▼
The top health indicators in Chula Vista include Short Sleep Duration (35.9%), High Blood Pressure (28%), Obesity (26.6%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Chula Vista? ▼
Chula Vista has 1 hospital with an average rating of 4/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Chula Vista? ▼
The median age in Chula Vista, CA is 37.1 years. 33.2% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Chula Vista, both outside California so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (8.7% here).

Enterprise, NV 8.7% Cheyenne, WY 8.7% Brookline, MA 8.7% Commerce City, CO 8.7%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($108,032 here).

Chandler, AZ $108,095 Takoma Park, MD $108,136 West Jordan, UT $108,153 Shelton, CT $108,185

Compare Chula Vista with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

National City, CA 61K Bonita, CA 13K Imperial Beach, CA 27K Coronado, CA 25K La Presa, CA 34K San Diego, CA 1.4M Lemon Grove, CA 27K Spring Valley, CA 28K
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Using Chula Vista's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Chula Vista area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Chula Vista against California peers on any ranking lens. Explore California

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (San Diego County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.