Census Data Map

American Community Survey 2019–2023

San Luis Obispo area census tracts by residents below the poverty level

Residents below the poverty level is highest in California Polytechnic State University CDP (north-northeast 1) (80.8%). This table ranks 67 eligible mapped census tracts.

Residents below the poverty level values are ACS five-year survey estimates. Percentage and median rankings exclude tracts below 500 residents; this reduces but does not eliminate sampling uncertainty.

#Census tract areaResidents below the poverty level
1California Polytechnic State University CDP (north-northeast 1)80.8%
2California Polytechnic State University CDP (east-southeast)66.8%
3California Polytechnic State University CDP (west-northwest)47.2%
4California Polytechnic State University CDP (southwest)45.8%
5San Luis Obispo city (northwest)30.3%
6San Miguel CDP (east-northeast)29.6%
7Oceano CDP27.2%
8California Polytechnic State University CDP (southeast)21.2%
9San Luis Obispo city (south)19.5%
10Grover Beach city (northeast)18.7%
11El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) city (south-southwest)17.9%
12San Simeon CDP (southeast)17.8%
13San Miguel CDP (west)17%
14Los Osos CDP (southeast)16%
15Woodlands CDP (southwest)15.7%
16Creston CDP (west)15.2%
17San Luis Obispo city (west)14.7%
18Creston CDP (south-southwest)14.5%
19Grover Beach city (south)13.1%
20Morro Bay city (west-northwest)12.3%
21Cambria CDP12.1%
22San Luis Obispo city (east)11.9%
23San Simeon CDP (south-southeast 1)10.9%
24San Luis Obispo city (south-southwest)10.8%
25Pismo Beach city (southeast)10.5%
26Nipomo CDP10.4%
27Avila Beach CDP (north-northeast)10.3%
28Creston CDP (west-northwest)10.3%
29El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) city (west-southwest)10%
30Shandon CDP (west)9.9%
31Edna CDP (southeast)9.8%
32El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) city (northwest)9.8%
33Morro Bay city (east-southeast)9.2%
34Shandon CDP (west-southwest 1)8.7%
35San Simeon CDP (northwest 2)8.3%
36San Simeon CDP (south-southeast 2)8.3%
37Woodlands CDP (northwest)8.3%
38San Miguel CDP (east-southeast)8.2%
39Shandon CDP (east-southeast)8.1%
40Avila Beach CDP (west)7.6%
41Edna CDP (east)7.5%
42Grover Beach city (west-northwest)7.5%
43Santa Margarita CDP (northwest)7.4%
44Templeton CDP7.2%
45Grover Beach city (east-southeast)7.1%
46Grover Beach city (north-northwest)7.1%
47Shandon CDP (north-northeast)7%
48Edna CDP (west-northwest 2)6.9%
49San Simeon CDP (south)6.9%
50Atascadero city6.8%
51El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) city (northeast)6.8%
52Arroyo Grande city (west)6.2%
53Avila Beach CDP (southeast)6%
54Cayucos CDP6%
55Oak Shores CDP6%
56Woodlands CDP (southeast)4.9%
57San Simeon CDP (northwest 1)4.7%
58Los Osos CDP (northwest)4.5%
59Santa Margarita CDP (southeast)4.3%
60Shandon CDP (west-southwest 2)4.3%
61Los Berros CDP (north-northwest)3.2%
62San Simeon CDP (northeast)3.2%
63Edna CDP (south-southwest)3.1%
64Arroyo Grande city (east)2.9%
65Los Berros CDP (south-southeast)2.5%
66Woodlands CDP (east-southeast)2.4%
67Creston CDP (east)1.3%

Method and source

Values come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates. Census tracts are small statistical areas, not necessarily neighbourhood boundaries. The result is a descriptive comparison of the mapped area, not a measure of individual households or a prediction. Read about the American Community Survey.