San Luis Obispo, CA: key statistics
Population: 50,636 (2025). Unemployment rate: 4.1% (August 2026). Median household income: $73,685 (2024).
San Luis Obispo, CA in figures
Population and demography
Labor market
| Mean travel time to work | 16.1 minutes | 2024 | |
| Unemployment rate | 4.1% | August 2026 | |
| Civilian labor force | 27,299 | 2025 | |
| Employed residents | 26,294 | 2025 | |
| Unemployed people | 1,005 | 2025 | |
| Unemployment rate (US five-year survey estimate) | 7% | 2024 | |
| Labor force participation rate (US five-year survey estimate) | 62.8% | 2024 |
Health
Income and living conditions
| Gini index | 53.2 | 2024 | |
| Median household income | $73,685 | 2024 | |
| Per capita income (US five-year survey estimate) | $48,106 | 2024 | |
| Poverty rate (US five-year survey estimate) | 30.4% | 2024 |
Housing
| Housing units authorized by building permits | 184 | 2025 | |
| Homeownership rate (US, housing units) | 40.3% | 2024 | |
| Median home value | $935,100 | 2024 | |
| Median gross rent (monthly) | $1,965 | 2024 | |
| Single-family housing units authorized by building permits | 178 | 2025 | |
| Housing units | 22,250 | 2024 | |
| Households | 20,441 | 2024 | |
| Housing vacancy rate, all vacant units (US) | 8.1% | 2024 | |
| Rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income) | 67% | 2024 | |
| Average household size | 2.3 persons per household | 2024 |
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