San Luis Obispo
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California
San Luis Obispo is a major-metro county in California with 21 ZIP codes, 269,227 people, and top-decile household income among US counties. All data is sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) 2023 5-Year Estimates.
National county placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, San Luis Obispo, CA sits among US counties with a top-decile household income, on a major-metro county population base, across a multi-ZIP patchwork.
- Top 8%
- household income vs 3,210 US counties
- 269,227
- combined ZIP population
- 21
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $96,786
- avg ZIP median income
Income percentile ranks this county's average ZIP median household income against 3,210 US counties with ACS income on at least one ZIP.
San Luis Obispo lands in the national county income distribution as top-decile household income on major-metro county footing (FIPS 06079, 21 ZIPs, combined population 269,227). Sort the ZIP table by population before treating the county mean as uniform.
High-income counties with wide ZIP mosaics hide sharp internal gradients. The densest ZIP here is 93446 (Paso Robles) with 43,714 residents - open it beside a thin rural code from the table before treating the county mean as uniform. HUD Fair Market Rents and FBI county tables attach to FIPS 06079, so scorecards stay county-keyed while household income stays ZIP-keyed.
Save two ZIPs from the table into your shortlist, then open a compare link - that is the return path a static county summary cannot replace. All figures here come from Census ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates and USPS ZCTA files.
21
Total ZIPs
269,227
Total Population
ZIP Codes in San Luis Obispo
Side-by-side: Compare 93446 vs 93405 →
| ZIP Code | City | Population | Density |
|---|---|---|---|
| 93446 | Paso Robles | 43,714 | 40 |
| 93405 | San Luis Obispo | 35,440 | 156 |
| 93422 | Atascadero | 31,375 | 200 |
| 93420 | Arroyo Grande | 28,413 | 59 |
| 93401 | San Luis Obispo | 28,033 | 155 |
| 93444 | Nipomo | 19,244 | 108 |
| 93402 | Los Osos | 14,318 | 190 |
| 93433 | Grover Beach | 13,162 | 2,349 |
| 93442 | Morro Bay | 10,789 | 93 |
| 93465 | Templeton | 9,153 | 40 |
| 93449 | Pismo Beach | 7,657 | 296 |
| 93445 | Oceano | 7,173 | 165 |
| 93428 | Cambria | 6,314 | 32 |
| 93451 | San Miguel | 3,779 | 3 |
| 93430 | Cayucos | 2,972 | 16 |
| 93453 | Santa Margarita | 2,899 | 2 |
| 93461 | Shandon | 1,623 | 2 |
| 93432 | Creston | 1,384 | 6 |
| 93424 | Avila Beach | 1,261 | 185 |
| 93452 | San Simeon | 524 | 2 |
| 93410 | San Luis Obispo | 0 | - |
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Data sources
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). Verify with HUD →
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