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San Luis Obispo CCD, San Luis Obispo County, CA

64,708 Population
211.8 square miles 305.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

25.2 ±0.7 Median age
  • about three-fifths of the figure in San Luis Obispo County: 40.2 ±0.3
  • about two-thirds of the figure in California: 37.6 ±0.1

Economics

$43,213 ±$2,539 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in San Luis Obispo County: $49,581 ±$1,998
  • about 90 percent of the amount in California: $47,977 ±$163
$73,777 ±$4,878 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in San Luis Obispo County: $93,398 ±$2,535
  • about three-quarters of the amount in California: $96,334 ±$298

27.6% ±1.7% (14,627  ±936) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in San Luis Obispo County: 12.9% 34,424 (±0.7% / ±1,959)
  • more than double the rate in California: 12% 4,610,600 (±0.1% / ±37,676)

15.7 minutes ±0.8 (382,055  ±27,784) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in San Luis Obispo County: 21.5 2,368,875 (±0.7 / ±91,522)
  • about half the figure in California: 29 449,199,070 (±0 / ±1,016,968)

Families

22,504 ±619 Number of households
  • San Luis Obispo County: 108,897 ±962
  • California: 13,434,847 ±19,805
2.3 ±0.1 (52,404  ±761) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in San Luis Obispo County: 2.5 266,898 (±0 / ±173)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 2.9 38,375,888

1.3% ±0.5% (248  ±98) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in San Luis Obispo County: 4.2% † 2,628 (±0.8% / ±477)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in California: 4.8% 458,434 (±0.1% / ±6,537)

Housing

24,844 ±634 Number of housing units
  • San Luis Obispo County: 124,871 ±109
  • California: 14,532,683 ±1,118

$940,800 ±$23,798 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in San Luis Obispo County: $777,200 ±$13,684
  • about 1.4 times the amount in California: $695,400 ±$1,030

39.1% ±2% (25,178  ±1,333.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in San Luis Obispo County: 17.9% 49,936 (±0.8% / ±2,336.6)
  • more than double the rate in California: 11.2% 4,339,762 (±0.1% / ±29,112.5)

Social

92.9% ±2.7% (30,237  ±1,240) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in San Luis Obispo County: 91.8% 174,577 (±1.6% / ±3,021.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.6% 22,792,052 (±0.2% / ±42,908.7)
51.6% ±2.3% (16,804  ±892.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in San Luis Obispo County: 39.2% 74,574 (±1% / ±1,849)
  • about 1.4 times 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

7.7% ±0.8% (5,007  ±540) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in San Luis Obispo County: 9.6% 27,114
  • about one-quarter of the rate in California: 26.7% 10,479,526

3.4% ±0.5% (1,985  ±287) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in San Luis Obispo County: 6.6% 15,210 (±0.4% / ±918)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 4.5% 1,355,918 (±0% / ±10,743)
1,985 Total veterans ±287 1,806 Male ±281 179 Female ±87

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