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San Luis Obispo, CA Urban Area

56,214 Population
14.1 square miles 3,989.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

23.7 ±0.7 Median age
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$38,168 ±$1,793 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $41,261 ±$112
$67,044 ±$5,131 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $75,149 ±$152

30.3% ±1.8% (14,565  ±925) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,521,584 (±0.1% / ±259,207)

15.3 minutes ±0.7 (346,230  ±21,488) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

19,934 ±746 Number of households
  • United States: 125,736,350 ±198,714
2.4 ±0.1 (47,813  ±889) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 322,994,300

1.3% ±0.6% (244  ±110) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,404 (±0% / ±23,722)

Housing

21,691 ±632 Number of housing units
  • United States: 140,943,620 ±3,164

$853,100 ±$18,857 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in United States: $281,900 ±$221

42.5% ±2.7% (23,771  ±1,533.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in United States: 13.1% 42,965,005 (±0% / ±,138,498.5)

Social

95.5% ±2.7% (24,135  ±1,067.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.1% 202,001,292 (±0.1% / ±266,504)
53.2% ±2.4% (13,439  ±,748.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 34.3% 77,751,346 (±0.1% / ±,166,366.8)

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

7.5% ±0.9% (4,240  ±528) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.7% 45,281,072

3.2% ±0.5% (1,591  ±242) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.6% 17,038,808 (±0% / ±48,952)
1,591 Total veterans ±242 1,439 Male ±247 152 Female ±96

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