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Los Osos, CA

15,692 Population
12.8 square miles 1,229.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.9 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 39.7 ±0.3
  • about 1.3 times the figure in California: 37 ±0.1

Economics

$39,020 ±$2,568 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: $41,407 ±$993
  • a little less than the amount in California: $41,276 ±$139
$82,894 ±$7,431 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: $82,514 ±$2,487
  • about the same as the amount in California: $84,097 ±$236

10% ±2.5% (1,561  ±413) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 12% 32,077 (±0.7% / ±1,763)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 12.3% 4,741,175 (±0.1% / ±41,071)

21.6 minutes ±0.6 (134,385  ±17,302) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 21.6 2,482,880 (±0.6 / ±81,174)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in California: 29.6 478,871,000 (±0.1 / ±1,246,675)

Families

6,237 ±479 Number of households
  • the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 106,790 ±1,211
  • California: 13,217,586 ±19,810
2.5 ±0.3 (15,565  ±1,128) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 2.5 267,070 (±0 / ±2,192)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 2.9 38,640,268

5.9% ±4.5% (167  ±128) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 3.9% † 2,441 (±0.9% / ±526)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in California: 4.8% 461,770 (±0.1% / ±5,716)

Housing

6,605 ±440 Number of housing units
  • the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 123,033 ±858
  • California: 14,328,539 ±1,595

$616,100 ±$20,707 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: $630,600 ±$8,564
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in California: $573,200 ±$1,125

13.3% ±2.8% (2,075  ±468.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 17.6% 49,423 (±1% / ±2,730.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 12% 4,685,365 (±0.1% / ±28,785.1)

Social

93.9% ±9.5% (11,091  ±791.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 91.9% 174,969 (±1.7% / ±3,301.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.2% 22,561,035 (±0.2% / ±42,563.7)
43% ±3.4% (5,081  ±543.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 36.7% 69,920 (±1% / ±1,856.9)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in California: 35.3% 9,451,438 (±0.1% / ±26,582.9)

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

8% ±1.5% (1,252  ±255) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 9.7% 27,338 (±0.5% / ±1,502)
  • about one-third of the rate in California: 26.5% 10,454,949 (±0.1% / ±34,327)

8.1% ±1.8% (1,040  ±237) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 7.4% 17,065 (±0.4% / ±942)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in California: 4.8% 1,467,026 (±0% / ±9,913)
1,040 Total veterans ±237 1,015 Male ±236 25 Female ±28

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