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Oceano, CA

7,098 Population
1.5 square miles 4,619.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.4 ±4.7 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 40.2 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in California: 37.6 ±0.1

Economics

$38,764 ±$6,586 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: $49,581 ±$1,998
  • about 80 percent of the amount in California: $47,977 ±$163
$69,448 ±$13,274 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: $93,398 ±$2,535
  • about three-quarters of the amount in California: $96,334 ±$298

17.1% ±4% (1,207  ±325) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 12.9% 34,424 (±0.7% / ±1,959)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in California: 12% 4,610,600 (±0.1% / ±37,676)

20.3 minutes ±1.4 (58,455  ±13,280) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 21.5 2,368,875 (±0.7 / ±91,522)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in California: 29 449,199,070 (±0 / ±1,016,968)

Families

3,073 ±448 Number of households
  • the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 108,897 ±962
  • California: 13,434,847 ±19,805
2.3 ±0.5 (7,098  ±948) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 2.5 266,898 (±0 / ±173)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 2.9 38,375,888

15% ±9.4% (206  ±134) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 4.2% † 2,628 (±0.8% / ±477)
  • more than double the rate in California: 4.8% 458,434 (±0.1% / ±6,537)

Housing

3,503 ±430 Number of housing units
  • the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 124,871 ±109
  • California: 14,532,683 ±1,118

$518,500 ±$70,938 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: $777,200 ±$13,684
  • about three-quarters of the amount in California: $695,400 ±$1,030

8.4% ±3.8% (587  ±277.2) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 17.9% 49,936 (±0.8% / ±2,336.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 11.2% 4,339,762 (±0.1% / ±29,112.5)

Social

79.9% ±4.2% (4,226  ±612.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 91.8% 174,577 (±1.6% / ±3,021.6)
  • a little less than the rate in California: 84.6% 22,792,052 (±0.2% / ±42,908.7)
18.6% ±3.8% (982  ±242.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 39.2% 74,574 (±1% / ±1,849)
  • about half the rate in California: 36.5% 9,834,361 (±0.1% / ±27,165.3)

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

16.9% ±4.9% (1,198  ±385) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 9.6% 27,114
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 26.7% 10,479,526

15.5% ±7% (871  ±409) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 6.6% 15,210 (±0.4% / ±918)
  • more than double the rate in California: 4.5% 1,355,918 (±0% / ±10,743)
871 Total veterans ±409 768 Male ±391 103 Female ±94

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