Santa Margarita, CA
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Santa Margarita, CA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 2,899. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
Source:
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet SANTA-MARGARITA-CA · Santa Margarita, CA 1 ZIPs · 2,899 pop · #9867/25278 · San Luis Obispo County
INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-LOW · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-TOP
- INC-HIGH $78,288
- RANK-UPPER #9867/25278
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ San Luis Obispo
- BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
- OWN-LOW 61% owners
- POP-VILLAGE 2,899
- SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
- HOME-TOP $710,000
Nearest income peer: San Luis Obispo, CA (+ $324 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 Santa Margarita
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Santa Margarita on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Oceano · lowest
Oceano · lowest
$72,261 median HH income
- Santa Margarit · this city
Santa Margarit · this city
$78,288 median HH income
- San Luis Obisp · near
San Luis Obisp · near
$78,612 median HH income
- Grover Beach · near
Grover Beach · near
$86,458 median HH income
- Atascadero · near
Atascadero · near
$91,780 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, Santa Margarita, CA sits among US cities with an above-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.
- Top 39%
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 2,899
- city population (Census)
- 1
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $78,288
- 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.
Above-median income on a short ZIP list (1) - lead code 93453 (2,899 residents). Household income $78,288 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.
Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (60.8%) for this income tier, rent - may matter more than the home-value average.
Within California, Inverness is the closest lower-income city and Hawthorne the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Santa Margarita.
ZIP Codes in Santa Margarita, CA
These ZIP codes sit in San Luis Obispo County, which covers 21 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Santa Margarita. See the San Luis Obispo County roll-up →
Santa Margarita sits in the lower half of San Luis Obispo County on income: Paso Robles, Atascadero and Arroyo Grande report more, and only Oceano reports less. Templeton marks the far end of that range at $129,259, 65% above Santa Margarita.
| ZIP Code | Population | Density | Timezone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 93453 | 2,899 | 2 | 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 Santa Margarita, 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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