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Morro Bay, CA

10,692 Population
5.3 square miles 2,002.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

54.3 ±2.8 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 40.4 ±0.3
  • about 1.4 times the figure in California: 37.9 ±0.1

Economics

$64,740 ±$9,637 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: $51,592 ±$2,178
  • about 1.3 times the amount in California: $49,513 ±$168
$95,843 ±$5,900 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: $97,446 ±$2,876
  • a little less than the amount in California: $99,122 ±$310

8.5% ±2.8% (892  ±292) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 12.9% 34,565 (±0.8% / ±2,133)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 12% 4,632,248 (±0.1% / ±34,481)

19.7 minutes ±1.8 (70,560  ±12,307) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 22.3 2,391,870 (±0.7 / ±85,613)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in California: 28.7 436,266,100 (±0 / ±1,099,829)

Families

5,110 ±284 Number of households
  • the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 109,503 ±968
  • California: 13,548,091 ±17,724
2.1 ±0.1 (10,531  ±26) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 2.4 266,448 (±0 / ±170)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in California: 2.8 38,419,212

5% ±2.9% (91  ±55) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 4.5% † 2,779 (±0.8% / ±475)
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 4.8% 455,771 (±0.1% / ±6,129)

Housing

6,531 ±405 Number of housing units
  • the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 125,669 ±104
  • California: 14,644,735 ±1,665

$918,200 ±$49,208 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: $824,700 ±$12,237
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in California: $734,700 ±$1,307

11.3% ±3.6% (1,199  ±385.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 17.2% 47,949 (±0.9% / ±2,405.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 10.8% 4,206,887 (±0.1% / ±26,182)

Social

96.4% ±7.7% (8,342  ±750.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 92.2% 175,497 (±1.7% / ±3,248.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.7% 22,936,996 (±0.2% / ±44,650.5)
48.5% ±5.8% (4,194  ±530.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 39.8% 75,839 (±1% / ±1,989.6)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 37.1% 10,039,805 (±0.1% / ±28,607.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

6.1% ±2.1% (652  ±226) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 9.9% 27,780
  • about one-quarter of the rate in California: 27% 10,598,301

10.6% ±2.9% (996  ±276) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 6.3% 14,563 (±0.3% / ±798)
  • more than double the rate in California: 4.3% 1,305,453 (±0% / ±10,059)
996 Total veterans ±276 964 Male ±281 32 Female ±29

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