Shandon, CA · standard
ZIP Code 93461
San Luis Obispo County, California - Census ACS demographics, housing tenure, and business patterns, benchmarked against every US ZIP.
- 1,623
- 2/sq mi
- $92,482
- Median income
- $467,000
- Median home value
- 8.8%
- Bachelor's or higher
National ZIP placement
Shandon pairs an upper-quartile household income with upper-quartile home values, in a rural, homeowner-dominated area.
- Top 25%
- household income, US ZIPs
- Top 15%
- home value, US ZIPs
- 2
- people per sq mi
- 78%
- owner-occupied homes
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates (2019–2023). Percentiles rank ZIP 93461 against every reporting US ZIP.
ZIP code 93461 covers 901.7 square miles in Shandon, San Luis Obispo County, California (a standard USPS delivery area), with a modest 1,623 residents on file, a density of 2 people per square mile, in the Los Angeles time zone.
ZIP 93461 lands in the middle-income range, with a median household income of $92,482 (9% below the average California ZIP), while per-capita income is $31,056. The poverty rate is 1.7%, with unemployment at 8.9%; those measures add context to the income figure. Home values sit below the statewide ZIP benchmark: the median is $467,000 (40% below the average California ZIP), and median rent is $1,771; owner occupancy is 78.4%.
Formal educational attainment runs low here: just 8.8% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the median age is 33.4, and the average commute is -. No nearby ZIP peer set is available for this delivery area, so the California and national benchmarks above are the appropriate context for 93461.
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates + ZIP Code Business Patterns + FHFA HPI ACS demographics and median rent, ZBP business establishments, FHFA HPI for ZIP 93461, Shandon, CA · 2023 Census ACS 5-Year Estimates use a rolling 60-month sample for stable small-geography estimates; ZBP updated annually; FHFA HPI updated quarterly/annually.
Quick Facts
1,623
Population
901.7
Area (sq mi)
2
People / sq mi
Los Angeles
Time Zone
standard
ZIP Type
Who lives in ZIP 93461?
33.4
Median Age
49.2%
Male
50.8%
Female
11.6%
Foreign-Born
Hispanic or Latino is an ethnicity category from the Census Bureau and may overlap with other categories above.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
How much do residents earn?
$92,482
Median Household Income
-9% vs state ZIP avg
$31,056
Per Capita Income
1.7%
Poverty Rate
8.9%
Unemployment Rate
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What is the education profile here?
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What does housing look like?
Housing stock: occupied vs vacant
509housing units
509
Total Housing Units
463
Occupied Units
46
Vacant Units
3.34
Avg Household Size
Occupancy Type
$467,000
Median Home Value
-40% vs state ZIP avg
$1,771
Median Rent
1984
Median Year Built
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What businesses operate in this ZIP?
Census Bureau data shows 14 business establishments in ZIP 93461, employing approximately 60 people with a combined annual payroll of $2,464,000.
14
Businesses
60
Employees
$2.5M
Annual Payroll
1
Industry Sectors
| Industry | Establishments | % of Total |
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing | 3 | 21.4% |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ZIP Code Business Patterns (ZBP), 2023. Employment figures may include noise for disclosure avoidance.
Nationwide ZIPs with similar ACS profiles
Two Census-derived peer sets for ZIP 93461, both outside CA so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment (Nearby and same-county blocks stay local).
Similar population
Nearest cross-state ZIPs by resident population (1,623 here; floor ≥1,000).
Similar median household income
Nearest cross-state ZIPs by ACS median household income.