Vandenberg AFB

Vandenberg AFB has lower-than-average household income, with a median household income of $27,005. The city has grown rapidly, with population up 60% since 2000. Median home value has more than doubled since 2000, reaching $51,300. At a median age of 23.8, residents skew younger than the country as a whole. Poverty is rare here, at 4.6% of residents. 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, well above the US average, yet household income trails the national figure — a profile common to graduate-student tracts and academic hubs.