Vallejo, CA
Vallejo, CA Metro Area
Figures are medians for the whole Vallejo, CA Metro Area, not the city proper.
Among the 300 U.S. metros CityLedger tracks, Vallejo ranks 78th for affordability — how far a typical paycheck stretches after local prices — and 40th for income. A household earns $94,930 a year while median rent runs $2,223/mo, making it moderately affordable for what residents earn. Affordability and price level are different lenses: the raw cost of living here runs 8% above the U.S. average.
Its strongest card is air quality (23rd of 300), while rent is the soft spot (294th). Housing usually decides a move: rent ranks 294th and home prices 280th among the 300 metros CityLedger tracks.
For your salary & household
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On $75,000 for just you in Vallejo, your take-home is worth about $53,740 once local prices are factored in — local prices stretch it less than the U.S. average.
Take-home estimates a single filer taking the standard deduction (2025 federal brackets, FICA, and state income tax) and isn't tax advice. “Real value” rebases take-home to average U.S. prices using the BEA cost-of-living index; the per-person figure uses the OECD square-root equivalence scale.
The numbers
Income & cost
- Median income
- 40th of 300↑9.6%$94,930
- Cost of living?The local price level vs. the U.S. average of 100 (BEA). Lower means cheaper. This is raw prices, not adjusted for income.
- 284th of 300108 (US=100)
- Cost-adj. income?Median household income divided by the local price level — what the typical paycheck is really worth here.
- $87,510
- Per-capita income
- $45,127
- Full-time pay
- $51,624
Housing
- Median rent
- 294th of 300↑29%$2,223/mo
- Home value
- 280th of 300↑36.7%$629,700
- Property tax
- $4,837/yr · 0.8%
- Sales tax
- 8.80%
Jobs & education
- Unemployment
- 279th of 3006.8%
- Bachelor's+
- 206th of 30029.7%
- Avg commute
- 279th of 30030.4 min
People
- Population
- 455,101
- Population change
- +1.7%
- Median age
- 39.7 yrs
- Foreign-born
- 21.8%
- Broadband
- 94.7%
Environment & risk
- Air quality (AQI)
- 23rd of 30036
- Natural-hazard loss
- 256th of 300$27/$10k
Health
- Fair/poor health
- 205th of 30020.3%
- Uninsured (18–64)
- 9.4%
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ACS), U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. EPA, FEMA, CDC, NOAA — every figure's source is listed on our methodology page. Data built 2026-06-14. ↑↓ mark the change since 2019.
How CityLedger scores it
Transparent weights — see our methodology.
Strengths
- + Affordability
- + Household income
- + Air quality
Watch-outs
- – Cost of living
- – Rent
- – Home prices
- – Job market
- – Education
- – Commute
- – Hazard safety
- – Health
Climate
30-year normals (1991–2020) from the nearest station — vacaville/nut tree ap asos.
What jobs pay in Vallejo
Median annual wage by occupation (BLS OEWS 2025) — half of workers in each role earn more, half less.
- Family medicine physicians
- $306,500
- Registered nurses
- $203,290
- IT managers
- $173,790
- Pharmacists
- $170,870
- Lawyers
- $170,530
- Financial managers
- $157,530
- Software developers
- $136,930
- Police officers
- $129,900
- Civil engineers
- $122,510
- General & operations managers
- $114,410
- Web developers
- $106,190
- Secondary school teachers
- $102,590
- Elementary school teachers
- $100,790
- Accountants & auditors
- $95,800
- Electricians
- $79,490
- Carpenters
- $76,220
- Plumbers
- $71,560
- Construction laborers
- $62,500
- Truck drivers (heavy)
- $61,540
- Maintenance & repair workers
- $61,400
- Customer service reps
- $51,210
- Janitors
- $43,680
- Retail salespersons
- $38,420
- Cashiers
- $37,810
- Waiters & waitresses
- $36,610
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS 2025 — annual median wage. Cross-industry, all experience levels.
Where new residents move from
The states sending the most people to the Vallejo metro, by estimated movers (U.S. Census 2022 migration flows, 5-year). Moves from elsewhere in California are excluded to show where out-of-state arrivals originate.
- Texas511
- Ohio340
- Nevada312
- Washington276
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 Migration Flows (5-year).
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Vallejo metro — frequently asked
- What is the median rent in the Vallejo metro?
- Median gross rent across the Vallejo, CA Metro Area is $2,223 a month (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024). That figure covers the whole metro area, not just the city of Vallejo.
- What is the median household income in the Vallejo metro?
- A typical household in the Vallejo, CA Metro Area earns $94,930 a year (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- Is Vallejo expensive to live in?
- The overall cost of living in the Vallejo, CA Metro Area runs about 8% above the U.S. average (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024) — prices are higher than average, before accounting for local pay.
- Does a paycheck go far in the Vallejo metro?
- After adjusting for local prices, the median household income is worth about $87,510 (versus its face value of $94,930). CityLedger rates the Vallejo, CA Metro Area moderately affordable for what residents earn.
- What is the typical home value in the Vallejo metro?
- The median home value across the Vallejo, CA Metro Area is $629,700 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- What is the unemployment rate in the Vallejo metro?
- The unemployment rate in the Vallejo, CA Metro Area is 6.8% (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).