Rio Vista is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 10,145 people and two associated neighborhoods, Rio Vista is the 421st largest community in California. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Rio Vista, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Rio Vista, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Rio Vista’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Rio Vista does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $83,538.00.

Of important note, Rio Vista is also a city of artists. Rio Vista has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Rio Vista’s character.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 12.42% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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 Rio Vista, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 36.86 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Rio Vista is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

The education level of Rio Vista citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 37.87% of adults in Rio Vista have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Rio Vista in 2022 was $48,159, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $192,636 for a family of four. However, Rio Vista contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Rio Vista is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Rio Vista home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rio Vista residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Rio Vista also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 20.00% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Rio Vista include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Rio Vista is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.