Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

San Luis Obispo, CA Urban Area

57,270 Population
14.1 square miles 4,064.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

24.1 ±0.8 Median age
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$41,024 ±$1,969 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$69,118 ±$5,959 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

28.9% ±1.8% (14,155  ±897) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

15.9 minutes ±0.9 (362,620  ±26,730) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

20,729 ±617 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.3 ±0.1 (48,578  ±491) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

1.2% ±0.5% (236  ±94) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

22,551 ±636 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$910,600 ±$20,793 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

40.8% ±2.3% (23,284  ±1,302) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

96.2% ±3.2% (25,375  ±1,139.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
54.9% ±2.6% (14,488  ±810.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

7.4% ±0.9% (4,249  ±513) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

2.8% ±0.5% (1,458  ±230) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
1,458 Total veterans ±230 1,296 Male ±219 162 Female ±83

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.