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Los Osos, CA

16,174 Population
12.8 square miles 1,267.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47 ±3.2 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 39.5 ±0.3
  • about 1.3 times the figure in California: 36.7 ±0.1

Economics

$38,464 ±$2,998 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: $38,686 ±$810
  • about the same as the amount in California: $38,576 ±$120
$81,707 ±$8,977 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: $77,948 ±$1,751
  • a little higher than the amount in California: $78,672 ±$270

9.3% ±2.6% (1,493  ±432) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 11.1% 29,547 (±0.7% / ±1,813)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 12.6% 4,853,434 (±0.1% / ±39,919)

22.3 minutes ±1.2 (152,665  ±20,410) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 22 2,603,080 (±0.6 / ±80,688)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in California: 29.8 498,276,585 (±0.1 / ±1,174,085)

Families

6,296 ±428 Number of households
  • the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 106,244 ±958
  • California: 13,103,114 ±18,542
2.6 ±0.1 (16,041  ±1,213) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 2.5 266,185 (±0 / ±821)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 2.9 38,521,288

4.8% ±4.4% (136  ±125) 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: 4.2% † 2,590 (±0.8% / ±468)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 4.8% 463,780 (±0.1% / ±5,839)

Housing

6,633 ±430 Number of housing units
  • the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 122,256 ±343
  • California: 14,210,945 ±1,339

$591,600 ±$18,954 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: $605,200 ±$6,500
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in California: $538,500 ±$1,127

13.1% ±2.4% (2,109  ±420.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 17.8% 49,949 (±0.9% / ±2,581.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 12.4% 4,842,940 (±0.1% / ±30,091.1)

Social

93.4% ±9.5% (11,168  ±755.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 91.9% 174,460 (±1.7% / ±3,248)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 83.9% 22,378,605 (±0.2% / ±40,789.5)
44.2% ±2.9% (5,287  ±526.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 36.1% 68,535 (±1% / ±1,957.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in California: 34.7% 9,256,873 (±0.1% / ±25,121.8)

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

8.6% ±1.4% (1,398  ±256) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 9.5% 26,936 (±0.6% / ±1,691)
  • about one-third of the rate in California: 26.6% 10,463,818 (±0.1% / ±35,653)

9.5% ±1.9% (1,243  ±267) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 7.4% 17,118 (±0.4% / ±996)
  • nearly double the rate in California: 5% 1,525,746 (±0% / ±9,062)
1,243 Total veterans ±267 1,204 Male ±269 39 Female ±34

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