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. Much of the housing stock in Rio Vista was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Rio Vista economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Rio Vista, where the median household income is $86,970.00.

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.

A relatively large number of people in Rio Vista telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.56% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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 is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Rio Vista, the average commute to work is 34.72 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Being a small city, Rio Vista does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

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: 35.36% of adults in Rio Vista have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Rio Vista in 2022 was $51,519, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $206,076 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 19.60% 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 Chinese.