Vista Center is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Jackson Township in Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 census, Vista Center had a population of 2,370.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP had a total area of , including of land and of water (1.15%).
Demographics
Vista Center first appeared as a census designated place in the 2000 U.S. census.
!Pop 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |Pop 2020
!% 2000
!% 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |% 2020
|-
|White alone (NH)
|474
|1,855
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,956
|87.62%
|88.54%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |82.53%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|20
|69
|style='background: #ffffe6; |67
|3.70%
|3.29%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.83%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|1
|2
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1
|0.18%
|0.10%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.04%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|8
|54
|style='background: #ffffe6; |62
|1.48%
|2.58%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.62%
|-
|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.04%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|0
|2
|style='background: #ffffe6; |21
|0.00%
|0.10%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.89%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|4
|3
|style='background: #ffffe6; |48
|0.74%
|0.14%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.03%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|34
|110
|style='background: #ffffe6; |214
|6.28%
|5.25%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |9.03%
|-
|Total
|541
|2,095
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,370
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Vista Center had a population of 2,370. The median age was 66.4 years. 9.8% of residents were under the age of 18 and 52.5% were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 89.6 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 87.1 males.
There were 1,005 households, of which 12.4% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 69.8% were married-couple households, 8.9% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 17.7% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 18.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
Of the 875 households, 14.2% had children under the age of 18; 79.8% were married couples living together; 3.9% had a female householder with no husband present and 15.1% were non-families. Of all households, 11.2% were made up of individuals and 4.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.57.
There were 170 households, out of which 45.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 72.9% were married couples living together, 7.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 15.3% were non-families. 8.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.18 and the average family size was 3.42.