Morro Bay, CA
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Morro Bay, CA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 10,789. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
Source:
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet MORRO-BAY-CA · Morro Bay, CA 1 ZIPs · 10,789 pop · #5228/25278 · San Luis Obispo County
INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-TOP
- INC-HIGH $95,623
- RANK-UPPER #5228/25278
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Paso Robles
- BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
- OWN-MID 66% owners
- POP-TOWN 10,789
- SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
- HOME-TOP $918,700
Nearest income peer: Paso Robles, CA (+ $2,320 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 Morro Bay
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Morro Bay on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Oceano · lowest
Oceano · lowest
$72,261 median HH income
- Atascadero · near
Atascadero · near
$91,780 median HH income
- Morro Bay · this city
Morro Bay · this city
$95,623 median HH income
- Paso Robles · near
Paso Robles · near
$97,943 median HH income
- San Miguel · near
San Miguel · near
$98,188 median HH income
- Cambria · near
Cambria · near
$99,762 median HH income
- Templeton · highest
Templeton · highest
$129,259 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.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Morro Bay, CA sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.
- Top 21%
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 10,789
- city population (Census)
- 1
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $95,623
- 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 $95,623 and home value $918,700 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 46.8%.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (65.9%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Morro Bay as a pure owner town.
Within California, Menifee is the closest lower-income city and Patterson the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 4 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Morro Bay.
ZIP Codes in Morro Bay, CA
These ZIP codes sit in San Luis Obispo County, which covers 21 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Morro Bay. See the San Luis Obispo County roll-up →
Morro Bay lands mid-pack among the 12 cities sharing San Luis Obispo County: Arroyo Grande, Nipomo and Los Osos earn more and San Luis Obispo, Atascadero and Grover Beach earn less. Templeton marks the far end of that range at $129,259, 35% above Morro Bay.
| ZIP Code | Population | Density | Timezone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 93442 | 10,789 | 93 | 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 Morro Bay, then BLS wages if you need the labor-market side of the same small geography.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates (2023). Verify with Census Bureau →
Source: HUD USPS Crosswalk (ZIP-to-county mapping) and Source: simplemaps.com (ZIP coordinates & timezones). Verify with HUD →
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