Rio Vista is a somewhat small city located in the state of California. With a population of 10,375 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.Rio Vista is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Rio Vista is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Rio Vista who work in healthcare (12.94%), management occupations (11.61%), and office and administrative support (11.11%). 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. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 12.42% 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. One downside of living in Rio Vista, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 36.86 minutes every day commuting to work. As is often the case in a small city, Rio Vista doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The population of Rio Vista is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 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.
