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San Luis Obispo, CA

47,302 Population
13.3 square miles 3,549.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

26.7 ±1 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 39.2 ±0.3
  • about three-quarters of the figure in California: 36.5 ±0.1

Economics

$34,357 ±$1,721 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: $37,233 ±$680
  • about 90 percent of the amount in California: $36,955 ±$129
$56,071 ±$3,576 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: $73,518 ±$1,656
  • about three-quarters of the amount in California: $75,235 ±$232

30.4% ±2.1% (14,051  ±988) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 12.5% 33,261 (±0.8% / ±2,108)
  • more than double the rate in California: 13.4% 5,149,742 (±0.1% / ±38,666)

15.7 minutes ±0.7 (362,670  ±20,837) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 21.7 2,629,935 (±0.5 / ±67,526)
  • about half the figure in California: 29.8 509,970,415 (±0.1 / ±1,354,876)

Families

18,995 ±529 Number of households
  • the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 105,981 ±939
  • California: 13,044,266 ±20,333
2.4 ±0.1 (46,056  ±224) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 2.5 265,846 (±0 / ±993)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 3 38,462,235

2% ±0.9% (269  ±122) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 3.5% † 2,178 (±0.6% / ±380)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in California: 4.9% 469,884 (±0.1% / ±5,597)

Housing

20,767 ±604 Number of housing units
  • the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 122,005 ±409
  • California: 14,175,976 ±1,184

$643,200 ±$14,523 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: $574,000 ±$7,158
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in California: $505,000 ±$1,147

32.4% ±2.3% (15,275  ±1,068.7) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 17.8% 49,724 (±0.8% / ±2,289)
  • more than double the rate in California: 12.9% 4,993,305 (±0.1% / ±29,689.5)

Social

92.9% ±2.6% (23,205  ±982.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 91.3% 172,343 (±1.5% / ±2,824.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 83.3% 22,052,868 (±0.2% / ±39,734.1)
50% ±2.3% (12,486  ±688.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 35.4% 66,812 (±0.8% / ±1,582.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 33.9% 8,980,726 (±0.1% / ±23,065.1)

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

8.8% ±1.1% (4,159  ±537) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 10.1% 28,533 (±0.5% / ±1,522)
  • about one-third of the rate in California: 26.9% 10,547,210 (±0.1% / ±36,592)

4% ±0.6% (1,636  ±249) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 7.3% 16,767 (±0.4% / ±829)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 5.2% 1,574,531 (±0% / ±8,842)
1,636 Total veterans ±249 1,538 Male ±252 98 Female ±76

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