Chula Vista, CA

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Trends

Survey and county figures by year. Dollar values are not adjusted for inflation.

How Chula Vista ranks

• #17 Best-Connected Cities of 100 cities · score 84.7
• #22 Healthiest Cities of 96 cities · score 66.9
• #64 Best Cities for Park Access of 99 cities · score 40.4
• #74 Most Affordable Cities of 100 cities · score 38.0
• #75 Best Cities for Car-Free Commuting of 100 cities · score 33.2
• #77 Best Cities Overall of 100 cities · score 40.5
• #83 Cities with the Cleanest Air of 95 cities · score 13.2
• #89 Lowest Student-Teacher Ratios of 96 cities · score 7.4

Local facts

Median household income

$105,173

Median rent

$2,122 / mo

Median home value

$697,400

Median age

37.0

Unemployment

8.8%

Bachelor's degree or higher

32.3%

Poverty rate

8.4%

Renter-occupied homes

39.8%

Public schools

Public schools located in the city, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Staffing figures describe resources, not school quality.

Public schools

70

Students enrolled

51,993

Students per teacher

22.5 : 1

Free or reduced-price lunch

48.2%

Charter schools

21.4%

School districts serving the city

18

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Districts: Chula Vista Elementary, Sweetwater Union High, Sweetwater Secondary District, Howard Gardner Community Charter District, Mueller Charter (Robert L.) District

Health & wellbeing

CDC PLACES model-based estimates for adults (age-adjusted), not a count of diagnoses.

Adults with obesity

26.5%

No leisure-time physical activity

23.9%

Adults with diabetes

10.8%

Adults who smoke

9.6%

Frequent mental distress

16.1%

Sleeping under 7 hours

36.1%

Adults without health insurance

12.6%

Routine checkup in past year

71.6%

Parks, air & walkability

Residents within a 10-minute walk of a park

70.1%

Share of city that is parkland

8.6%

EPA walkability index (1-20)

11.9

Median air quality index (county)

67

Unhealthy air days (county)

33

Internet & commuting

Households with broadband

94.2%

Households with no internet

4.4%

Average commute

28.6 min

Work from home

11.7%

Commute by transit

2.4%

Commute on foot

1.5%

Commute by bike

0.1%

Natural hazard risk

FEMA rates San Diego County as very high overall for natural hazard risk, with 11 federally declared disasters in the past ten years.

• Wildfire: very high
• Riverine flooding: very high
• Earthquake: relatively high
• Landslide: relatively high

ZIP codes

• 91902
• 91910
• 91911
• 91913
• 91914
• 91915