City safety & data profile

VallejoCA

Vallejo, CA is a 122K-resident city in Solano County with a median household income of $90,171.

Solano County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Vallejo, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Vallejo has a population larger than 94% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $589,500, and 3 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

122K
Population (place)
Top 6%
By size
$90,171
Median income (place)
$589,500
Median home (place)
12.2%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Vallejo

Vallejo posts a median household income higher than 61% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 3 hospitals serve the Vallejo area.

Top 39%
by median income, US cities
3
hospitals in & near Vallejo

Where Vallejo income ranks nationally

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

$90,171 Top 39% higher than 61% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Vallejo $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 Vallejo, CA beyond the headline numbers

Vallejo sits inside Solano County, California, at roughly 38.10°N, -122.26°W. Population 121,692, $90,171 median household income. Median home value $589,500, median rent $2,073. Poverty rate 12.2%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

3 hospitals in/around Vallejo, 2.5/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

Poverty in Vallejo, CA stands at 12.2%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

The median home in Vallejo costs around 6.5 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.

Remote work covers 11.8% of Vallejo workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, binge drinking departs furthest from its peer median: 13.8% in Vallejo, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

3.3% of Vallejo 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 Vallejo 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)
121,692
Vallejo · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$90,171
Near average
Median Home Value (place)
$589,500
+43% vs avg
Median Age (place)
40.6
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Solano County): Vallejo'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
452K+8%
Median Income
$100,401+49%
Median Home Value
$617,700+135%
Poverty Rate
10%-23%
Unemployment
6.3%-46%

Economics

Economics indicators for Vallejo, CA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$2,073/mo
Poverty Rate
12.2%
Unemployment 7.4%
Bachelor's Degree+ 28.8%
Work From Home 11.8%
Public Transit 3.3%

Population

White 23.9%
African American 17.4%
Asian 23.3%
Two or More Ethnicities 5.6%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
38.2%
High Blood Pressure
34.4%
Obesity
31.6%
Physical Inactivity
27.2%
Frequent Mental Distress
16.9%
Binge Drinking
13.8%
Frequent Physical Distress
13.7%
Diabetes
13.3%
Current Smoking
12%
Current Asthma
10.2%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 59.8%
Annual Checkup 73.1%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
9.6%
Coronary Heart Disease
5.9%
Stroke
3.6%

Hospitals 3 total

Rating Distribution
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1
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1
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0
Average Rating
2.5/5
Total Hospitals
3
With ER
1
SUTTER SOLANO MEDICAL CENTER
VALLEJO · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★☆☆
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL AND REHAB CENTER
VALLEJO · Acute Care Hospitals
★★☆☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Vallejo?

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

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet CA-VALLEJO · Vallejo

Vallejo: 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

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Vallejo, CA? ▼
Vallejo, CA has a population of 121,692 people, located in Solano County, California.
What is the median household income in Vallejo? ▼
The median household income in Vallejo, CA is $90,171 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 12.2%.
What is the median home value in Vallejo? ▼
The median home value in Vallejo, CA is $589,500. Median rent is $2,073/month.
What are the top health concerns in Vallejo? ▼
The top health indicators in Vallejo include Short Sleep Duration (38.2%), High Blood Pressure (34.4%), Obesity (31.6%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Vallejo? ▼
Vallejo has 3 hospitals with an average rating of 2.5/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Vallejo? ▼
The median age in Vallejo, CA is 40.6 years. 28.8% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (12.2% here).

Spring Valley, NV 12.2% La Porte, TX 12.2% Oak Ridge, TN 12.2% Casselberry, FL 12.2%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($90,171 here).

Collingswood, NJ $90,184 Henderson, NV $90,138 Cranston, RI $90,206 New Franklin, OH $90,244

Compare Vallejo with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

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Using Vallejo'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 Vallejo 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 Vallejo 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 (Solano 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.