Meadow Vista, California  Meadow Vista is a census-designated place (CDP) in Placer County, California, United States. It is part of the Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 3,217 at the 2010 census, up from 3,096 at the 2000 census. The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment has issued a safe eating advisory for any fish caught in Lake Combie due to elevated levels of mercury. Meadow Vista is located at (39.003795, -121.029242). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it (2.86%) is water. At the 2010 census Meadow Vista had a population of 3,217. The population density was 591.7 people per square mile (228.5/km²). The racial makeup of Meadow Vista was 3,017 (93.8%) White, 1 (0.0%) African American, 21 (0.7%) Native American, 35 (1.1%) Asian, 6 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 34 (1.1%) from other races, and 103 (3.2%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 171 people (5.3%). The census reported that 3,201 people (99.5% of the population) lived in households, 16 (0.5%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and no one was institutionalized. There were 1,246 households, 374 (30.0%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 807 (64.8%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 96 (7.7%) had a female householder with no husband present, 51 (4.1%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 48 (3.9%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 7 (0.6%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 233 households (18.7%) were one person and 118 (9.5%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.57. There were 954 families (76.6% of households); the average family size was 2.90. The age distribution was 660 people (20.5%) under the age of 18, 219 people (6.8%) aged 18 to 24, 525 people (16.3%) aged 25 to 44, 1,205 people (37.5%) aged 45 to 64, and 608 people (18.9%) who were 65 or older.