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Arroyo Grande, CA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Arroyo Grande, CA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 28,413. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet ARROYO-GRANDE-CA · Arroyo Grande, CA 1 ZIPs · 28,413 pop · #3011/25278 · San Luis Obispo County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-TOP

  • INC-TOP $110,553
  • RANK-TOP #3011/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Nipomo
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 66% owners
  • POP-SMALL 28,413
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-TOP $917,900

Nearest income peer: Nipomo, CA (+ $314 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Arroyo Grande

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Arroyo Grande on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-06

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Arroyo Grande, CA sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a small-city population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 12%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
28,413
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$110,553
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $110,553 and home value $917,900 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 44.1%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (66.4%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Arroyo Grande as a pure owner town.

Within California, San Juan Bautista is the closest lower-income city and Carson the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 2 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Arroyo Grande.

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ZIP Codes in Arroyo Grande, CA

These ZIP codes sit in San Luis Obispo County, which covers 21 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Arroyo Grande. See the San Luis Obispo County roll-up →

Arroyo Grande sits in the upper half of San Luis Obispo County on income: San Luis Obispo, Paso Robles and Atascadero report less, while Templeton and Pismo Beach report more. Oceano marks the far end of that range at $72,261, 35% below Arroyo Grande.

ZIP Code Population Density Timezone
93420 28,413 59 America/Los_Angeles

On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Arroyo Grande, then BLS wages if you need the labor-market side of the same small geography.

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates (2023). Verify with Census Bureau →

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