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San Luis Obispo County, CA

281,843 Population
3,300.8 square miles 85.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.2 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 38.4 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$50,484 ±$2,632 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in California: $49,934 ±$232
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$100,724 ±$3,675 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in California: $100,149 ±$381
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

13.1% ±1.8% (34,780  ±4,903) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 11.8% 4,567,967 (±0.2% / ±68,831)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

24.5 minutes ±1.9 (2,661,815  ±230,859) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 29.7 481,218,370 (±0.1 / ±2,696,690)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

111,382 ±2,236 Number of households
  • California: 13,797,638 ±19,379
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (264,696  ±302) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 2.8 38,537,960
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.9% ±1.8% (3,691  ±1,157) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 4.5% 430,221 (±0.1% / ±12,150)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

127,243 ±135 Number of housing units
  • California: 14,877,017 ±1,124
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$883,700 ±$22,823 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in California: $759,500 ±$3,644
  • more than double the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

16.1% ±1.9% (44,922  ±5,146.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 10.4% 4,053,576 (±0.2% / ±69,085.7)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

92.6% ±3.5% (177,275  ±6,778.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.9% 23,227,841 (±0.3% / ±84,605.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
40.2% ±2.1% (76,922  ±4,089.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 38.1% 10,436,652 (±0.2% / ±53,771.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

10% (28,170  ±3,540) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in California: 27.7% 10,902,022
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.1% ±0.8% (14,212  ±1,900) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 4% 1,239,625 (±0.1% / ±17,966)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
14,212 Total veterans ±1,900 13,378 Male ±1,933 834 Female ±330

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