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San Luis Obispo, CA

47,402 Population
13.3 square miles 3,562.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

26.7 ±1.3 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 39.5 ±0.3
  • about three-quarters of the figure in California: 36.7 ±0.1

Economics

$36,232 ±$1,931 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: $38,686 ±$810
  • a little less than the amount in California: $38,576 ±$120
$58,546 ±$4,335 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: $77,948 ±$1,751
  • about three-quarters of the amount in California: $78,672 ±$270

28.2% ±2.2% (13,007  ±1,000) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 11.1% 29,547 (±0.7% / ±1,813)
  • more than double the rate in California: 12.6% 4,853,434 (±0.1% / ±39,919)

15.3 minutes ±0.7 (349,720  ±21,251) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 22 2,603,080 (±0.6 / ±80,688)
  • about half the figure in California: 29.8 498,276,585 (±0.1 / ±1,174,085)

Families

19,114 ±587 Number of households
  • the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 106,244 ±958
  • California: 13,103,114 ±18,542
2.4 ±0.1 (45,965  ±392) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 2.5 266,185 (±0 / ±821)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 2.9 38,521,288

2.4% ±1.1% (323  ±155) 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: 4.2% † 2,590 (±0.8% / ±468)
  • about half the rate in California: 4.8% 463,780 (±0.1% / ±5,839)

Housing

20,926 ±600 Number of housing units
  • the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 122,256 ±343
  • California: 14,210,945 ±1,339

$662,300 ±$17,060 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: $605,200 ±$6,500
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in California: $538,500 ±$1,127

33.7% ±2.3% (15,884  ±1,075.2) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 17.8% 49,949 (±0.9% / ±2,581.4)
  • more than double the rate in California: 12.4% 4,842,940 (±0.1% / ±30,091.1)

Social

94.3% ±3.3% (23,753  ±1,173.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than 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)
50.1% ±2.9% (12,609  ±854.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 36.1% 68,535 (±1% / ±1,957.5)
  • about 1.4 times 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

8.7% ±1.2% (4,125  ±581) 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)

3.8% ±0.6% (1,605  ±251) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area: 7.4% 17,118 (±0.4% / ±996)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 5% 1,525,746 (±0% / ±9,062)
1,605 Total veterans ±251 1,536 Male ±246 69 Female ±54

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